The United Nations Human Rights Council recently adopted a draft resolution entitled Neurotechnology and Human Rights. Its goal is to protect humanity from devices that can “record, interfere with, or modify brain activity.” To describe the risks, the resolution uses euphemistic phrases such as cognitive engineering, mental privacyY cognitive freedombut what we’re really talking about is mind control.

I applaud the UN for addressing mind control, but neurotechnology is not our greatest threat on this front. This is because it involves sophisticated hardware ranging from “brain implants” to wearable devices that can detect and transmit signals through the skull. Yes, these technologies could be very dangerous, but they are unlikely to be implemented at scale…