Will chips in the brain make us immoral robot slaves of capital or will it make us angels with free will?
https://www.dn.se/kultur/linus-larsson-nar-chippet-togs-ut-ur-hennes-hjarna-blev-hon-en-annan
Elon Musk's company Neuralink has received permission to experiment with brain implants on humans. This has raised questions and concerns among researchers. A 49-year-old woman in Australia talks about her experience of losing a similar implant against her will.
The woman suffered from epilepsy and had severe seizures that limited her everyday life. The nurse operated on a brain chip. It changed her life drastically. The implant could read signals. It warned her of impending attacks. The woman was able to prepare and take medicine in time. She experienced a new freedom. She was able to drive and meet people again.
Lack of money interrupted care
Unfortunately, the company that manufactured the implant ran out of money. The woman faced losing this important part of herself. She desperately tried to keep the implant. The woman was ready to put her house as collateral, but failed. After the implant was removed, she had to return to her previously restricted life.
This incident has led researchers to question the potential human rights violations that can occur in connection with brain implants. The woman and others in similar situations believe that the implant was not just a tool but part of their identity. When the implant was removed, they felt a part of themselves disappear.
In light of this story, it is worrying that Elon Musk's company Neuralink has been given permission to experiment with brain chips on humans. The company's intentions to help people with neurological problems and improve human capabilities are good. But we may fear the consequences of losing such an implant against one's will.
Danger with technology you don't own
It is important to take the woman's experience into account and carefully consider the potential consequences before conducting such experiments. Being dependent on technology that you don't own and that can be taken away at any time can be a scary thought. We must find a balance between the potential benefits of brain implants and protecting the privacy and rights of the individual.
Dangers of technology in the brain
But in the same way that the chip can free us from physical or mental disabilities, so too can power use it to make us unwilling slaves under Capital. We can become robots that wantonly kill whoever capital tells us to kill. We can become obedient working-class couples who are happy and obedient on the brink of starvation at the bottom of society's hierarchy.
Research shows that human organizations where members are allowed to question authority often solve problems better than blindly, positively obedient organizations.
Can we humans predict what is good in the long run when we modify the brain? The horse did not exist in America before the arrival of Europeans. The Europeans tried to mate the best horses with each other to produce even better horses. But some horses always escaped and became wild horse herds. The descendants of these free horse herds proved to be genetically superior to their human-bred relatives.
It is also through human error that we also develop spiritually and as human beings. Homo sapiens won over the Neanderthals because we had a built-in tendency to err that the Neanderthals lacked. This built-in tendency not to blindly follow rules and routines meant that homo sapiens developed technologically and socially faster and that we conquered the planet.
Could God have a plan for us being the way we are. God says something similar about himself. I am what I am, he says.
So are you saying that my adhd is a homo sapiens disorder? 😉 Yes, it doesn't seem so unlikely. 😀
That's how it is.