Mark Zuckerberg Mulling Over “Brain-Controlling And Implantable” Tech, Because Controlling Online Speech Isn’t Orwellian Enough by Itself

• Mark Zuckerberg Mulling Over “Brain-Controlling And Implantable” Tech, Because Controlling Online Speech Isn’t Orwellian Enough by Itself
  by Cassie B., https://www.naturalnews.com/Index.html
  (Natural News) Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently raised a lot of eyebrows when he revealed that his company would like to develop a wearable device that is capable of reading people’s brains.
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  In Facebook’s ongoing discussion series, Zuckerberg mentioned the concept of technology translating brain signals into information that could be useful to machines. “The goal is to eventually make it so that you can think something and control something in virtual or augmented reality,” he said.
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  The company has already been making strides in this area, with big investments in virtual reality technology via its hardware company Oculus. They’ve also been rumored to be working on augmented reality glasses.
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  Facebook purchased CTRL-labs in an undisclosed deal that is believed to have been worth as much as a billion dollars. The company has been working on technology for brain-to-computer interfaces. One of their products is a watch-style device that can intercept signals sent from the brain to the fingers to control a phone. It assigns nerve messages from the brain to commands inside the computer that could theoretically eliminate the need for pressing any buttons.
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  Perhaps even more disturbingly, he said that although signals can be read superficially, there are also cases where a device may need to be implanted, such as when your ability to translate the things that are happening in your brain to motor activity is limited. He stopped short, however, of declaring weather Facebook was interested in pursuing invasive means of meshing humans with computers.
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  One executive who is not afraid of using invasive approaches to mesh brains with computers is Elon Musk. His Neuralink technology, which has been likened to a “Fitbit in your skull,” can be surgically implanted into people’s brains by robots, where he claims it could address serious medical problems like blindness and paralysis. Of course, many experts immediately responded with extreme skepticism to his claims.
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