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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.10,0:00:05.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the months following\Nthe 2009 presidential election in Iran,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.93,0:00:08.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,protests erupted across the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.76,0:00:12.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Iranian government\Nviolently suppressed
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.76,0:00:16.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what came to be known\Nas the Iranian Green Moevement.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.68,0:00:18.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even blocking mobile signals
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.86,0:00:21.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to cut off communication\Nbetween the protesters.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.40,0:00:27.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My parents, who emigrated\Nto the United States in the late 1960s,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.01,0:00:28.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spend substantial time there,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.96,0:00:31.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where all of my large,\Nextended family live.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.86,0:00:36.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I would call my family in Tehran
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.14,0:00:39.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during some of the most violent\Ncrackdowns of the protest,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.64,0:00:42.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,none of them dared discuss\Nwith me what was happening.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.33,0:00:46.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They or I knew to quickly steer\Nthe conversation to other topics.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.21,0:00:50.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of us understood what\Nthe consequences could be
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.66,0:00:53.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a perceived dissident action.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.22,0:00:57.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I still wish I could have known\Nwhat they were thinking
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.71,0:00:59.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or what they were feeling.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.25,0:01:01.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if I could have?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.15,0:01:03.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or more frighteningly,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.41,0:01:06.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what if the Iranian\Ngovernment could have?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.87,0:01:10.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would they have arrested them\Nbased on what their brains revealed?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.04,0:01:14.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That day may be closer than you think.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.66,0:01:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With our growing capabilities\Nin neuroscience, artificial intelligence
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.50,0:01:20.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and machine learning,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.22,0:01:22.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we may soon know a lot more
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.78,0:01:24.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what's happening\Nin the human brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.08,0:01:28.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a bioethicist, a lawyer,\Na philosopher
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.49,0:01:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and an Iranian-American,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.38,0:01:34.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm deeply concerned about what\Nthis means for our freedoms
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.19,0:01:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what kinds of protections we need.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.08,0:01:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe we need\Na right to cognitive liberty
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.52,0:01:43.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a human right\Nthat needs to be protected.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.77,0:01:46.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If not, our freedom of thought,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.55,0:01:49.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,access and control over our own brains
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.49,0:01:52.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our mental privacy will be threatened.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.70,0:01:54.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Consider this.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.70,0:01:58.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The average person thinks\Nthousands of thoughts each day.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.78,0:01:59.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a thought takes form,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.97,0:02:03.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like a math calculation or a number,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.70,0:02:05.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a word,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.08,0:02:07.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,neurons are interacting in the brain,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.95,0:02:11.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,creating [a] miniscule\Nelectrical discharge.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.89,0:02:15.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you have a dominant\Nmental state like relaxation,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.29,0:02:19.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hundreds and thousands of neurons\Nare firing in the brain,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.53,0:02:23.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,creating concurrent electrical discharges\Nin characteristic patterns
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.78,0:02:27.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can measured with\Nelectroencephalography,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.39,0:02:28.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or EEG.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.23,0:02:31.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, that's what\Nyou're seeing right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.08,0:02:36.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're seeing my brain activity\Nthat was recorded in real time
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.18,0:02:38.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a simple device\Nthat was worn on my head.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.80,0:02:45.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you're seeing is my brain activity\Nwhen I was relaxed and curious.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.22,0:02:47.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To share this information with you,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.90,0:02:51.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wore one of the early\Nconsumer-based EEG devices
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.01,0:02:52.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like this one,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.25,0:02:56.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which recorded the electrical\Nactivity in my brain in real time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.99,0:03:00.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not unlike the fitness trackers\Nthat some of you may be wearing
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.78,0:03:04.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to measure your heart rate\Nor the steps that you've taken
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.31,0:03:06.06,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: 0,0:03:11.74,0:03:14.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's already the most portable
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.10,0:03:17.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the most likely to impact\Nour everyday lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.02,0:03:19.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is extraordinary.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.48,0:03:21.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Through a simple, wearable device,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.97,0:03:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can literally see\Ninside the human brain
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.62,0:03:29.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and learn aspects of our mental landscape
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.23,0:03:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without ever uttering a word.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.83,0:03:36.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While we can't reliably decode\Ncomplex thoughts just yet,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.60,0:03:39.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can already gage a person's mood,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.14,0:03:42.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with the help\Nof artificial intelligence,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.04,0:03:46.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can even decode\Nsome single-digit numbers
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.53,0:03:51.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or shapes or simple words\Nthat a person is thinking
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.22,0:03:53.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or hearing, or seeing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.31,0:03:57.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite some inherent limitations in EEG,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.81,0:04:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it's safe to say that with\Nour advances in technology,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.50,0:04:06.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more and more of what's happening\Nin the human brain
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.27,0:04:08.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can and will be decoded over time.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.44,0:04:13.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Already, using one of these devices,\Nan epileptic can know
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.91,0:04:16.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're going to have an epileptic\Nseizure before it happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.91,0:04:21.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A paraplegic can type on a computer\Nwith their thoughts alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.61,0:04:26.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A US-based company has developed\Na technology to embed these censors
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.76,0:04:29.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the headrest of automobilies
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.09,0:04:31.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they can track driver concentration,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.58,0:04:32.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,distraction
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.58,0:04:34.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and cognitive load while driving.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.94,0:04:38.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nissan, insurance companies\Nand AAA have all taken note.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.15,0:04:44.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You could even watch this\Nchoose-your-own-adventure movie,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.60,0:04:46.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The Moment,"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.05,0:04:48.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which, with an EEG headset,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.74,0:04:52.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,changes the movie based\Non your brain-based reactions,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.84,0:04:57.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,giving you a different ending\Nevery time your attention wanes.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.23,0:05:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This may all sound great,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.00,0:05:04.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as a bioethicist,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.15,0:05:07.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am a huge proponent of empowering people
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.98,0:05:10.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take charge of their own\Nhealth and wellbeing
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.54,0:05:13.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by giving them access\Nto information about themselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.48,0:05:16.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including this incredible,\Nnew, brain-decoding technology.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.01,0:05:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I worry.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.76,0:05:24.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I worry that we will voluntarily\Nor involuntarily give up
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.70,0:05:27.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our last bastion of freedom,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.55,0:05:29.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our mental privacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.37,0:05:32.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That we will trade our brain activity
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.38,0:05:36.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for rebates or discounts on insurance,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.53,0:05:40.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or free access to social\Nmedia accounts ...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.51,0:05:42.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even to keep our jobs.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.06,0:05:46.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, in China,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.47,0:05:52.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the train drivers on\Nthe Beijing-Shanghai high-speed rail,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.30,0:05:54.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the busiest of its kind in the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.72,0:05:57.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are required to wear EEG devices
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.41,0:05:59.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to monitor their brain\Nactivity while driving.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.19,0:06:02.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to some news sources,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.51,0:06:05.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in government-run factories in China,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.21,0:06:10.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the workers are required to wear\NEEG censors to monitor their productivity
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.58,0:06:12.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their emotional state at work.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.48,0:06:15.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Workers are even sent home
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.75,0:06:19.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if their brains show less-than-stellar\Nconcentration on their jobs,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.81,0:06:21.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or emotional agitation.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.34,0:06:25.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not going to happen tomorrow,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.08,0:06:28.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we're headed to a world\Nof brain transparency.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.64,0:06:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I don't think people understand\Nthat that could change everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.50,0:06:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything from our definitions\Nof data privacy to our laws,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.28,0:06:38.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to our ideas about freedom.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.77,0:06:41.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, in my lab at Duke University,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.83,0:06:43.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we recently conducted a nationwide study
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.90,0:06:45.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the United States
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.13,0:06:47.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see if people appreciated
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.17,0:06:49.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sensitivity of\Ntheir brain information.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.41,0:06:53.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We asked people to rate\Ntheir perceived sensitivity
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.74,0:06:56.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of 33 different kinds of information,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.15,0:06:58.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from their social security numbers
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.24,0:07:00.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the content of their\Nphone conversations,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.98,0:07:03.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their relationship history,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.20,0:07:05.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their emotions, their anxiety,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.25,0:07:07.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the mental images in their mind
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.09,0:07:08.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the thoughts in their mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.54,0:07:14.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shockingly, people rated their social\Nsecurity number as far more sensitive
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.79,0:07:17.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than any other kind of information,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.06,0:07:19.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including their brain data.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.52,0:07:23.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think this is because\Npeople don't yet understand
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.73,0:07:28.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or believe the implications\Nof this new brain-decoding technology.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.69,0:07:32.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After all, if we can know the inner\Nworkings of the human brain,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.05,0:07:34.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our social security numbers\Nare the least of our worries.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.78,0:07:36.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.09,0:07:37.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.28,0:07:39.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a world of total brain transparency,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.78,0:07:42.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who would dare have\Na politically dissident thought?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.47,0:07:45.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or a creative one?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.58,0:07:49.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I worry that people will self-censor
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.19,0:07:52.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in fear of being ostracized by society,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.49,0:07:56.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or that people will lose their jobs\Nbecause of their waning attention
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.33,0:07:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or emotional instability,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.50,0:08:02.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or because they're contemplating\Ncollective action against their employers.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.68,0:08:05.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That coming out\Nwill no longer be an option
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.84,0:08:10.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because people's brains will long ago\Nhave revealed their sexual orientation,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.97,0:08:12.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their political ideaology,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.74,0:08:14.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or their religious preferences,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.73,0:08:17.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well before they were ready\Nto conciously share that information
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.75,0:08:18.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with other people.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.63,0:08:24.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I worry about the ability of our laws\Nto keep up with technological change.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.99,0:08:27.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take the First Amendment\Nof the US Constitution,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.23,0:08:28.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which protects freedom of speech.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.37,0:08:31.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does it also protect freedom of thought?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.17,0:08:35.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if so, does that mean that we're free\Nto alter our thoughts however we want?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.18,0:08:40.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or can the government or society tell us\Nwhat we can do with our own brains?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.75,0:08:45.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can the NSA spy on our brains\Nusing these new mobile devices?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.16,0:08:50.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can the companies that collect\Nthe brain data through their applications
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.32,0:08:52.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sell this information to third parties?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.21,0:08:56.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right now, no laws prevent\Nthem from doing so.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.36,0:08:59.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It could be even more problematic
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.35,0:09:01.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in countries that don't share\Nthe same freedoms
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.91,0:09:04.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enjoyed by people in the United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.01,0:09:08.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What would've happened during\Nthe Iranian Green Movement
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.79,0:09:12.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if the government had been\Nmonitoring my family's brain activity,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.64,0:09:16.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and had believed them to be\Nsympathetic to the protesters?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.24,0:09:21.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it so far-fetched to imagine a society\N
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.27,0:09:24.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which people are arrested\Nbased on their thoughts
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.06,0:09:25.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of committing a crime?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.34,0:09:29.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,LIke in the science-fiction, dystopian\Nsociety in "Minority Report."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.37,0:09:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Already, in the United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.43,0:09:34.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Indiana,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.83,0:09:39.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an 18-year-old was charged\Nwith attempting to intimidate his school
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.74,0:09:44.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by posting a video of himself\Nshooting people in the hallways ...
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.08,0:09:46.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except the people were zombies
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.97,0:09:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the video was of him playing\Nand augmented-reality video game,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.04,0:09:56.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all interpreted to be a mental projection\Nof his subjective intent.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.61,0:10:02.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is exactly why our brains\Nneed special protection.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.33,0:10:06.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If our brains are just as subject\Nto data tracking and aggregation
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.88,0:10:09.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as our financial records and transactions,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.32,0:10:13.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you brains can be hacked\Nand tracked like our online activities,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.66,0:10:16.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our mobile phones and applications,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.09,0:10:20.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we're on the brink of a dangerous\Nthreat to our collective humanity.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.49,0:10:24.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before you panic,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.09,0:10:27.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe that there are solutions\Nto these concerns,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.34,0:10:30.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we have to start by focusing\Non the right things.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.61,0:10:33.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When it comes to privacy\Nprotections in general,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.59,0:10:35.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think we're fighting a losing battle
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.44,0:10:38.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by trying to restrict\Nthe flow of information.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.27,0:10:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, we should be focusing\Non securing rights and remedies
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.50,0:10:44.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against the misuse of our information.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.40,0:10:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If people had the right to decide\Nhow their information was shared,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.68,0:10:49.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and more importantly,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.93,0:10:51.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have legal redress,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.64,0:10:53.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if their information\Nwas misused against them,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.82,0:10:56.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,say to discriminate against them\Nin an employment setting
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.87,0:10:59.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or in health care and education,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.68,0:11:02.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this would go a long way to build trust.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.84,0:11:04.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, in some instances,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.80,0:11:08.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we want to be sharing more\Nof our personal information.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.97,0:11:11.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Studying aggregated information\Ncan tell us so much
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.98,0:11:14.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about our health and our wellbeing,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.70,0:11:18.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to be able to safely\Nshare our information,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.03,0:11:21.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need special protections\Nfor mental privacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.89,0:11:25.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is why we need\Na right to cognitive liberty.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.66,0:11:29.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This right would secure for us\Nour freedom of thought and rumination,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.84,0:11:32.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our freedom of self-determination
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.31,0:11:36.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it would insure that we have\Nthe right to consent to or refuse
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.66,0:11:39.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,access and alteration\Nof our brains by others.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.89,0:11:42.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This right could be recognized
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.08,0:11:44.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as part of the universal\Ndeclaration of human rights,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.96,0:11:47.27,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 of these\Nkinds of social rights.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.87,0:11:54.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During the Iranian Green Movement,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.15,0:11:59.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the protesters used the internet\Nand good old-fashioned word of mouth
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.32,0:12:01.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to coordinate their marches.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.37,0:12:05.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And some of the most oppressive\Nrestrictions in Iran
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.13,0:12:07.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were lifted as a result.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.14,0:12:12.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what if the Iranian government\Nhad used brain surveillance
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.30,0:12:15.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to detect and prevent the protest?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.98,0:12:20.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would the world have ever heard\Nthe protester's cries?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.87,0:12:26.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The time has come for us to call\Nfor a cognitive liberty revolution.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.70,0:12:30.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To make sure that we responsibly\Nadvance technology
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.98,0:12:33.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can enable us to embrace the future
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.93,0:12:37.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while fiercely protecting all of us
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.21,0:12:40.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from any person, company or government
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.68,0:12:45.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that attempts to unlawfully access\Nor alter our innermost lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.73,0:12:47.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.30,0:12:50.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)