Nita Farahany: Your right to mental privacy in the age of brain-sensing tech

Neurotechnology, or devices that let you track your own brain activity, could help you deeply understand your health. But without privacy protections, your innermost thoughts, emotions and desires could be at risk of exploitation, says neurotech and AI ethicist Nita Farahany. She details some of the field's promising potential uses -- like tracking and treating diseases from depression to epilepsy -- and shares concerns about who collects our brain data and how they plan to use it, ultimately calling for the legal recognition of "cognitive liberty" as we connect our brains and minds to technology.

Thought Catalog

12 Surprising Red Flags That Expose Narcissists on the First Date

Whether on the first date or the one-year anniversary, narcissists eventually exhibit twelve red flags that give away their true nature. More covert manipulators may unmask themselves only after th…

Harvard Gazette

Harvard professor says surveillance capitalism is undermining democracy

In her new book, “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism,” HBS Professor emerita Shoshana Zuboff outlines her belief that surveillance capitalism is undermining personal autonomy and eroding democracy — and the ways she says society can fight back.

YouTube

Talib Kweli x Madlib – Nat Turner ft Seun Kuti & Cassper Nyovest (Official Video)

"Nat Turner'" off LIBERATION 2, out NOW - exclusively on Luminary– https://luminary.link/Liberation2 – Video Directed By @jabunkosi1041 Talib Kweli and Madli...

Nature

Semantic reconstruction of continuous language from non-invasive brain recordings - Nature Neuroscience

Tang et al. show that continuous language can be decoded from functional MRI recordings to recover the meaning of perceived and imagined speech stimuli and silent videos and that this language decoding requires subject cooperation.

2DOPEBOYZ

Swizz Beatz Drops ‘Hip Hop 50: Vol. 2’ EP

With features from Nas, Lil Wayne, Jadakiss, Benny The Butcher, Jay Electronica, & more.

US forests are failing to keep up with climate change, finds study

When it comes to saving the planet from the ravages of climate change, protecting forests is a high priority for almost everyone.