the Next Civil Rights Battle Will Be Over the Mind


	the Next Civil Rights Battle Will Be Over the Mind

wildcat

4-8-2008 4:34 AM

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civil rights, mind, privacy, ethics

wildcat says:

"To a certain extent, memories are societal properties," says Adam Kolber, a visiting professor at Princeton.
"We really need to articulate a moral code that governs all this," warns Arthur Caplan, a University of Pennsylvania bioethicist.

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4-8-2008 5:44 AM

abailart

The skull wall is not relevant to nodes of memory which is all shared.

4-8-2008 6:52 AM

Silkweaver

Besides the obvious volume and management limitations of our 'wetware' memory, now it seems it is unsecured anymore. It's time to find a secure space to hide our private memories outside our skulls.

4-8-2008 6:54 AM

wildcat

accessible to search engines? indexed? tagged?

4-8-2008 5:45 PM

Fucc Copyrights

Must eat brains for information! (Zombie Voice)

4-10-2008 8:54 AM

swampfoxz

Reminds me of the movie "Fortress".

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