Cyborg Mind: What Brain–Computer and Mind–Cyberspace Interfaces Mean for Cyberneuroethics

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With the development of new direct interfaces between the human brain and computer systems, the time has come for an in-depth ethical examination of the way these neuronal interfaces may support an interaction between the mind and cyberspace.

In so doing, this book does not hesitate to blend disciplines including neurobiology, philosophy, anthropology and politics. It also invites society, as a whole, to seek a path in the use of these interfaces enabling humanity to prosper while avoiding the relevant risks. As such, the volume is the first extensive study in cyberneuroethics, a subject matter which is certain to have a significant impact in the 21st century and beyond.

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Natalia Figueroa
February 5, 2025
This booked helped to further formulate my stance on where the fusion of technology and humanity is headed and also understand my experience with psychosis. I agree that the mind is a concept that can't be examined or measured fully. I agree with the neurobiologist that consciousness is not something that exists in the brain but belongs to and is formed by society; at least in part since we communicate with 5 senses. I like Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's noosphere ('global mind') concept that we seem to building. But I don't agree that it values and relies on conformity over individuality because if that were the case conciousness would become stagnant and not evolve. Nor do I agree with his 'Omega Point' concept (that their is an upper limit to conciousness) because consciousness is a form of infinite creativity. It is like each person is a mirror facing in a sphere reflecting eachother. The ultimate goal of humankind is to engineer heaven; which is infinite creativity and exploration!
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Calum MacKellar is Director of Research of the Scottish Council on Human Bioethics, Edinburgh, and Visiting Lecturer of Bioethics at St. Mary's University, London, UK. His past books include (as co-editor) The Ethics of the New Eugenics (Berghahn Books, 2014).

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