I paused today when I discovered the following news--President Obama Calls for a ‘BRAIN Initiative’?
Check this out:
http://sciencefriday.com/segment/04/...nitiative.html
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/311906-5
Make sure to secure all of your deep streaming thoughts. Recently I read Jonathan D. Moreno's book "Mind Wars: Brain Science and the Military in the 21st Century," and I was stunned with the chapter on "Brain Reading." Even before the infusion of the additional money from the "Brain Initiative" the DARPA financed projects that included the mind control, mind manipulation, and collecting information from people without their consent. As an exemplification, here is the quote from Moreno's book: "The Department of Homeland Security's program called Future Attribute Screening Technology (FAST) is intended to create 'a suite of real-time, non-invasive sensor technologies to detect cues indicative of mal-intent (the intent or desire to cause harm) rapidly, reliably, and remotely.' As of May 2011, FAST was set to begin field testing 'at an undisclosed location in the northeast' according to reporter Sharon Weinberger, a location that turned out the be New York's Yankee Stadium with volunteers--but not during a baseball game. The system is designed to detect mal-intent by synthesizing the results of various physiological and behavioral analysis techniques so that a pre-criminal can be apprehended before causing harm." Jonathan D. Moreno. Mind Wars, New York: Bellevue Literary Press, 2012. I respect Sharon Weinberger as the Pentagon and military news-reporter. When she publishes the article it is precise and informs well a larger community pointing to the most controversial projects that we should know about and openly discuss. It seems to me that with the "Brain Initiative," it will be more and more difficult to secure our "mind" privacy.
Throughout last two years I expanded my research on the ethical issues of the mind control and this announcement makes me wonder. How about you? Appreciate your comments, knowledge, and information sharing regarding this interesting news.