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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.10,0:00:05.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the months following\Nthe 2009 presidential election in Iran,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.83,0:00:08.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,protests erupted across the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.68,0:00:12.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Iranian government\Nviolently suppressed
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.60,0:00:16.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what came to be known\Nas the Iranian Green Movement,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.61,0:00:18.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even blocking mobile signals
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.68,0:00:21.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to cut off communication\Nbetween the protesters.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.32,0:00:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My parents, who emigrated\Nto the United States in the late 1960s,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.01,0:00:28.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spend substantial time there,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.83,0:00:31.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where all of my large,\Nextended family live.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.83,0:00:35.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I would call my family in Tehran
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.98,0:00:39.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during some of the most violent\Ncrackdowns of the protest,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.46,0:00:42.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,none of them dared discuss\Nwith me what was happening.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.20,0:00:46.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They or I knew to quickly steer\Nthe conversation to other topics.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.16,0:00:50.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of us understood\Nwhat the consequences could be
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.57,0:00:53.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a perceived dissident action.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.10,0:00:57.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I still wish I could have known\Nwhat they were thinking
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.59,0:00:59.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or what they were feeling.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.22,0:01:01.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if I could have?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.15,0:01:03.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or more frighteningly,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.32,0:01:06.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what if the Iranian government could have?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.70,0:01:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would they have arrested them\Nbased on what their brains revealed?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.93,0:01:13.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That day may be closer than you think.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.53,0:01:18.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With our growing capabilities\Nin neuroscience, artificial intelligence
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.36,0:01:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and machine learning,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.09,0:01:24.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we may soon know a lot more\Nof what's happening in the human brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.08,0:01:28.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a bioethicist, a lawyer, a philosopher
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.42,0:01:30.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and an Iranian-American,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.31,0:01:34.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm deeply concerned\Nabout what this means for our freedoms
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.12,0:01:36.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what kinds of protections we need.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.99,0:01:40.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe we need\Na right to cognitive liberty,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.48,0:01:43.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a human right\Nthat needs to be protected.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.77,0:01:46.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If not, our freedom of thought,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.44,0:01:49.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,access and control over our own brains
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.49,0:01:52.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our mental privacy will be threatened.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.70,0:01:54.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Consider this:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.88,0:01:58.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the average person thinks\Nthousands of thoughts each day.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.70,0:01:59.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a thought takes form,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.87,0:02:04.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like a math calculation\Nor a number, a word,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.95,0:02:07.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,neurons are interacting in the brain,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.86,0:02:10.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,creating a miniscule electrical discharge.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.71,0:02:15.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you have a dominant\Nmental state, like relaxation,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.19,0:02:19.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hundreds and thousands of neurons\Nare firing in the brain,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.39,0:02:23.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,creating concurrent electrical discharges\Nin characteristic patterns
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.63,0:02:28.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can be measured\Nwith electroencephalography, or EEG.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.12,0:02:31.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, that's what\Nyou're seeing right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.96,0:02:35.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're seeing my brain activity\Nthat was recorded in real time
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.94,0:02:38.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a simple device\Nthat was worn on my head.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.67,0:02:45.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you're seeing is my brain activity\Nwhen I was relaxed and curious.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.10,0:02:47.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To share this information with you,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.88,0:02:50.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wore one of the early\Nconsumer-based EEG devices
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.92,0:02:52.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like this one,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.16,0:02:56.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which recorded the electrical\Nactivity in my brain in real time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.85,0:03:00.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not unlike the fitness trackers\Nthat some of you may be wearing
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.70,0:03:04.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to measure your heart rate\Nor the steps that you've taken,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.31,0:03:05.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even your sleep activity.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.15,0:03:10.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's hardly the most sophisticated\Nneuroimaging technique on the market.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.60,0:03:13.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's already the most portable
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.100,0:03:17.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the most likely to impact\Nour everyday lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.92,0:03:19.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is extraordinary.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.44,0:03:21.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Through a simple, wearable device,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.97,0:03:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can literally see\Ninside the human brain
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.54,0:03:32.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and learn aspects of our mental landscape\Nwithout ever uttering a word.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.83,0:03:36.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While we can't reliably decode\Ncomplex thoughts just yet,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.51,0:03:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can already gauge a person's mood,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.05,0:03:41.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with the help\Nof artificial intelligence,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.95,0:03:46.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can even decode\Nsome single-digit numbers
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.31,0:03:51.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or shapes or simple words\Nthat a person is thinking
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.22,0:03:53.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or hearing, or seeing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.34,0:03:57.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite some inherent limitations in EEG,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.73,0:04:02.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it's safe to say\Nthat with our advances in technology,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.48,0:04:06.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more and more of what's happening\Nin the human brain
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.31,0:04:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can and will be decoded over time.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.36,0:04:12.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Already, using one of these devices,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.13,0:04:15.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an epileptic can know\Nthey're going to have an epileptic seizure
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.41,0:04:16.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before it happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.87,0:04:21.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A paraplegic can type on a computer\Nwith their thoughts alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.48,0:04:26.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A US-based company has developed\Na technology to embed these sensors
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.69,0:04:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the headrest of automobilies
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.95,0:04:31.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they can track driver concentration,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.48,0:04:34.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,distraction and cognitive load\Nwhile driving.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.91,0:04:38.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nissan, insurance companies\Nand AAA have all taken note.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.95,0:04:44.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You could even watch this\Nchoose-your-own-adventure movie
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.48,0:04:48.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The Moment," which, with an EEG headset,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.74,0:04:52.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,changes the movie\Nbased on your brain-based reactions,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.70,0:04:57.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,giving you a different ending\Nevery time your attention wanes.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.15,0:05:01.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This may all sound great,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.94,0:05:04.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as a bioethicist,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.15,0:05:07.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am a huge proponent of empowering people
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.79,0:05:10.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take charge of their own\Nhealth and well-being
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.43,0:05:13.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by giving them access\Nto information about themselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.37,0:05:16.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including this incredible\Nnew brain-decoding technology.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.88,0:05:19.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I worry.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.74,0:05:24.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I worry that we will voluntarily\Nor involuntarily give up
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.52,0:05:28.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our last bastion of freedom,\Nour mental privacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.30,0:05:32.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That we will trade our brain activity
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.25,0:05:35.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for rebates or discounts on insurance,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.39,0:05:38.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or free access\Nto social-media accounts ...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.44,0:05:42.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even to keep our jobs.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.90,0:05:44.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, in China,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.20,0:05:52.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the train drivers on\Nthe Beijing-Shanghai high-speed rail,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.12,0:05:54.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the busiest of its kind in the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.68,0:05:57.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are required to wear EEG devices
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.18,0:05:59.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to monitor their brain activity\Nwhile driving.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.16,0:06:02.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to some news sources,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.41,0:06:05.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in government-run factories in China,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.11,0:06:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the workers are required to wear\NEEG sensors to monitor their productivity
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.50,0:06:12.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their emotional state at work.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.27,0:06:15.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Workers are even sent home
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.60,0:06:19.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if their brains show less-than-stellar\Nconcentration on their jobs,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.68,0:06:21.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or emotional agitation.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.19,0:06:24.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not going to happen tomorrow,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.96,0:06:28.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we're headed to a world\Nof brain transparency.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.54,0:06:31.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I don't think people understand\Nthat that could change everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.47,0:06:36.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything from our definitions\Nof data privacy to our laws,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.17,0:06:37.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to our ideas about freedom.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.73,0:06:41.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, in my lab at Duke University,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.83,0:06:45.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we recently conducted a nationwide study\Nin the United States
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.03,0:06:46.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see if people appreciated
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.01,0:06:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sensitivity\Nof their brain information.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.36,0:06:53.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We asked people to rate\Ntheir perceived sensitivity
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.74,0:06:55.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of 33 different kinds of information,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.99,0:06:58.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from their social security numbers
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.24,0:07:00.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the content\Nof their phone conversations,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.86,0:07:03.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their relationship history,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.07,0:07:05.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their emotions, their anxiety,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.04,0:07:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the mental images in their mind
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.01,0:07:08.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the thoughts in their mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.48,0:07:14.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shockingly, people rated their social\Nsecurity number as far more sensitive
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.73,0:07:16.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than any other kind of information,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.96,0:07:19.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including their brain data.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.38,0:07:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think this is because\Npeople don't yet understand
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.62,0:07:27.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or believe the implications\Nof this new brain-decoding technology.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.63,0:07:31.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After all, if we can know\Nthe inner workings of the human brain,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.94,0:07:34.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our social security numbers\Nare the least of our worries.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.67,0:07:35.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.98,0:07:37.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.17,0:07:39.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a world of total brain transparency,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.59,0:07:42.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who would dare have\Na politically dissident thought?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.28,0:07:44.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or a creative one?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.50,0:07:48.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I worry that people will self-censor
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.00,0:07:52.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in fear of being ostracized by society,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.33,0:07:56.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or that people will lose their jobs\Nbecause of their waning attention
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.17,0:07:58.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or emotional instability,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.34,0:08:01.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or because they're contemplating\Ncollective action against their employers.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.48,0:08:05.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That coming out\Nwill no longer be an option,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.68,0:08:10.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because people's brains will long ago\Nhave revealed their sexual orientation,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.77,0:08:12.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their political ideology
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.62,0:08:14.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or their religious preferences,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.66,0:08:17.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well before they were ready\Nto consciously share that information
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.77,0:08:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with other people.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.56,0:08:24.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I worry about the ability of our laws\Nto keep up with technological change.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.99,0:08:27.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take the First Amendment\Nof the US Constitution,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.33,0:08:29.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which protects freedom of speech.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.31,0:08:31.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does it also protect freedom of thought?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.94,0:08:36.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if so, does that mean that we're free\Nto alter our thoughts however we want?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.14,0:08:40.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or can the government or society tell us\Nwhat we can do with our own brains?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.59,0:08:45.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can the NSA spy on our brains\Nusing these new mobile devices?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.05,0:08:50.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can the companies that collect\Nthe brain data through their applications
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.20,0:08:52.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sell this information to third parties?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.17,0:08:56.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right now, no laws prevent them\Nfrom doing so.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.20,0:08:59.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It could be even more problematic
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.25,0:09:01.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in countries that don't share\Nthe same freedoms
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.80,0:09:03.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enjoyed by people in the United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.88,0:09:08.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What would've happened during\Nthe Iranian Green Movement
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.69,0:09:12.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if the government had been\Nmonitoring my family's brain activity,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.62,0:09:16.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and had believed them\Nto be sympathetic to the protesters?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.09,0:09:21.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it so far-fetched to imagine a society
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.16,0:09:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which people are arrested\Nbased on their thoughts
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.03,0:09:25.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of committing a crime,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.22,0:09:29.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like in the science-fiction\Ndystopian society in "Minority Report."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.29,0:09:34.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Already, in the United States, in Indiana,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.63,0:09:39.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an 18-year-old was charged\Nwith attempting to intimidate his school
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.59,0:09:42.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by posting a video of himself\Nshooting people in the hallways ...
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.88,0:09:46.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Except the people were zombies
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.91,0:09:51.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the video was of him playing\Nan augmented-reality video game,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.98,0:09:56.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all interpreted to be a mental projection\Nof his subjective intent.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.46,0:10:03.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is exactly why our brains\Nneed special protection.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.09,0:10:06.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If our brains are just as subject\Nto data tracking and aggregation
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.67,0:10:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as our financial records and transactions,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.23,0:10:13.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if our brains can be hacked\Nand tracked like our online activities,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.54,0:10:15.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our mobile phones and applications,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.92,0:10:20.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we're on the brink of a dangerous\Nthreat to our collective humanity.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.41,0:10:22.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before you panic,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.01,0:10:27.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe that there are solutions\Nto these concerns,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.18,0:10:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we have to start by focusing\Non the right things.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.58,0:10:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When it comes to privacy\Nprotections in general,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.52,0:10:35.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think we're fighting a losing battle
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.38,0:10:38.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by trying to restrict\Nthe flow of information.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.26,0:10:42.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, we should be focusing\Non securing rights and remedies
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.34,0:10:44.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against the misuse of our information.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.29,0:10:48.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If people had the right to decide\Nhow their information was shared,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.60,0:10:51.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and more importantly, have legal redress
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.54,0:10:53.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if their information\Nwas misused against them,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.100,0:10:56.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,say to discriminate against them\Nin an employment setting
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.81,0:10:59.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or in health care or education,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.62,0:11:02.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this would go a long way to build trust.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.84,0:11:04.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, in some instances,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.58,0:11:08.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we want to be sharing more\Nof our personal information.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.70,0:11:11.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Studying aggregated information\Ncan tell us so much
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.77,0:11:14.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about our health and our well-being,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.54,0:11:17.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to be able to safely share\Nour information,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.88,0:11:21.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need special protections\Nfor mental privacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.83,0:11:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is why we need\Na right to cognitive liberty.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.54,0:11:29.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This right would secure for us\Nour freedom of thought and rumination,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.65,0:11:32.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our freedom of self-determination,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.21,0:11:36.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it would insure that we have\Nthe right to consent to or refuse
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.62,0:11:39.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,access and alteration\Nof our brains by others.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.81,0:11:41.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This right could be recognized
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.95,0:11:44.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as part of the Universal Declaration\Nof Human Rights,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.85,0:11:47.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which has established mechanisms
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.27,0:11:50.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the enforcement\Nof these kinds of social rights.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.87,0:11:53.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During the Iranian Green Movement,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.97,0:11:59.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the protesters used the internet\Nand good old-fashioned word of mouth
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.18,0:12:01.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to coordinate their marches.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.24,0:12:05.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And some of the most oppressive\Nrestrictions in Iran
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.03,0:12:06.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were lifted as a result.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.05,0:12:12.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what if the Iranian government\Nhad used brain surveillance
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.16,0:12:15.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to detect and prevent the protest?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.85,0:12:20.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would the world have ever heard\Nthe protesters' cries?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.73,0:12:26.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The time has come for us to call\Nfor a cognitive liberty revolution.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.56,0:12:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To make sure that we responsibly\Nadvance technology
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.85,0:12:33.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that could enable us to embrace the future
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.85,0:12:40.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while fiercely protecting all of us\Nfrom any person, company or government
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.59,0:12:45.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that attempts to unlawfully access\Nor alter our innermost lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.66,0:12:47.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.86,0:12:51.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)