On neurogovernance
On neurogovernance It's much worse than you think laughlyn (johan eddebo) When I was a kid, I really wanted a datajack implant on the side of my head. The datajack is a fictional device from the William Gibson type of cyberpunk narratives that allows the wearer access to the Matrix, often coupled with a computer implant. And sometimes a cortex bomb. I think I was enthralled by not so much the transhumanist aspect of such augmentation, but rather by this immense promise of boundless innerspace exploration, instant communication and anarchic self-governance through total and open access to information. This immediately translated to a deep fascination for the nascent digital technologies of the early 1990s. The Internet, however, could most likely never really have delivered such lofty goods. It’s after all a set of military technologies, with inherent structural tendencies and intentionalities that progress towards a certain set of ends, irrespectively of how we use them at the micr...