Capture All Your Thoughts

AbstractEdward Snowden revealed government is creating a deep, robust data set analyzing everybody, everywhere, all the time. The Obama administration launched the 10-year Brain Initiative mapping every neuron in the human brain. Half the funds are allocated for the Department of Defense. In the future gamers will use brain-enabled devices to play in a virtual world uploading their brain data to the cloud. This data is the core of who we are, and what we think. Once neural networks are cracked, and cognitive processes formerly inaccessible monitored, what might the future entail? How will we navigate this new scenario? Is there pure cognition beyond surveillance?