An excerpt re: links to trans humanism and nano tech—specifically silicon nanowires and the potential uses for them (this is the past I had not ever drilled down and found):
On June 9th, 2020, Charles Lieber, a Harvard nanotechnology researcher with decades of experience, was indicted by the DOJ for fraud.
Charles Lieber received millions of dollars in grant money from the US Department of Defense, specifically the military think tanks DARPA, AFOSR, and ONR, as well as NIH and MITRE.
His specialty is the use of silicon nanowires in lieu of patch clamp electrodes to monitor and modulate intracellular activity, something he has been working on at Harvard for the past twenty years.
He was claimed to have been working on silicon nanowire batteries in China, but none of his colleagues can recall him ever having worked on battery technology in his life; all of his research deals with bionanotechnology, or the blending of nanotech with living cells…
In 2013, under the Obama administration, DARPA launched the BRAIN Initiative; BRAIN is an acronym for Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies®.
This program involves the development of brain-computer interface technologies for the military, particularly non-invasive, injectable systems that cause minimal damage to brain tissue when removed.
Supposedly, this technology would be used for healing wounded soldiers with traumatic brain injuries, the direct brain control of prosthetic limbs, and even new abilities such as controlling drones with one’s mind…
However, a device capable of writing to human neurons, not just reading from them, presents another, even more serious set of ethical concerns.
**A BCI that is capable of altering the contents of one’s mind for innocuous purposes,
such as projecting a heads-up display onto their brain’s visual center or sending
audio into one’s auditory cortex, would also theoretically be capable of altering
mood and personality, or perhaps even subjugating someone’s very will, rendering
them utterly obedient to authority**.
This technology would be a tyrant’s wet dream. Imagine soldiers who would shoot their own countrymen without hesitation, or helpless serfs who are satisfied to live in literal dog kennels.
An excerpt re: links to trans humanism and nano tech—specifically silicon nanowires and the potential uses for them (this is the past I had not ever drilled down and found):
On June 9th, 2020, Charles Lieber, a Harvard nanotechnology researcher with decades of experience, was indicted by the DOJ for fraud.
Charles Lieber received millions of dollars in grant money from the US Department of Defense, specifically the military think tanks DARPA, AFOSR, and ONR, as well as NIH and MITRE.
His specialty is the use of silicon nanowires in lieu of patch clamp electrodes to monitor and modulate intracellular activity, something he has been working on at Harvard for the past twenty years.
He was claimed to have been working on silicon nanowire batteries in China, but none of his colleagues can recall him ever having worked on battery technology in his life; all of his research deals with bionanotechnology, or the blending of nanotech with living cells…
In 2013, under the Obama administration, DARPA launched the BRAIN Initiative; BRAIN is an acronym for Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies®.
This program involves the development of brain-computer interface technologies for the military, particularly non-invasive, injectable systems that cause minimal damage to brain tissue when removed.
Supposedly, this technology would be used for healing wounded soldiers with traumatic brain injuries, the direct brain control of prosthetic limbs, and even new abilities such as controlling drones with one’s mind…
However, a device capable of writing to human neurons, not just reading from them, presents another, even more serious set of ethical concerns.
**A BCI that is capable of altering the contents of one’s mind for innocuous purposes,
such as projecting a heads-up display onto their brain’s visual center or sending
audio into one’s auditory cortex, would also theoretically be capable of altering
mood and personality, or perhaps even subjugating someone’s very will, rendering
them utterly obedient to authority**.
This technology would be a tyrant’s wet dream. Imagine soldiers who would shoot their own countrymen without hesitation, or helpless serfs who are satisfied to live in literal dog kennels.