Even if authorities truly believe their dehumanizing programs are for our own good, there’s scant evidence that our betters understand what our

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2021-07-18 05:00:06

Even if authorities truly believe their dehumanizing programs are for our own good, there’s scant evidence that our betters understand what our best interests really are. A quick survey of the present situation is a grim predictor of the future: addictive smartphones, robotic warehouses, smart city surveillance states, algorithmic mate-sorting, corporate opioids, adolescent hormone-blockers—it’s as if we’re the subjects of a misguided experiment.

After reading my recent article about a well-funded effort to create digital models of babies’ brains, and then adapt actual baby brains to idealized digital models, a reader asked me:

This reader is a mother herself, so she has a vested interest in improved outcomes. All parents want their children to grow up healthy and happy. Most are willing to do whatever it takes to make that happen.

The program under discussion is “The First 1000 Days,” a $45 million effort by the biomedical initiative Wellcome Leap. This initiative’s connections to DARPA, the World Economic Forum, and Silicon Valley were recently uncovered by Whitney Webb at Unlimited Hangout.

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