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People play a mind-controlled toy car racing game while wearing a Brainco Focus 1 wearable that detects brain activity during concentration challenge games are displayed at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 10, 2020. David Mcnew/AFP via Getty Images
In July 2016, the new CEO of Twitter, Elon Musk, launched Neuralink, a neurotechnology company specializing in manufacturing implantable brain-machine interfaces. Musk describes the technology, designed to help people with disabilities, as a “Fitbit” for the skull.
John Mac Ghlionn is a researcher and essayist. He covers psychology and social relations, and has a keen interest in social dysfunction and media manipulation. His work has been published by the New York Post, The Sydney Morning Herald, Newsweek, National Review, and The Spectator US, among others.
