Both writing and computers are tools for the mind. To the degree that you create a large distinction between them, you privilege people who don't need tools ove

Both writing and computers are tools for the mind. To the degree that you create a large distinction between them, you privilege people who don't need tools over those who do. (I don't really see much difference between scanning neurons and scanning phones. I don't see that one can use phones without involuntarily putting information into them. As hard as I try to ensure my phone's Chrome browser doesn't store my browsing history, Google works just as hard to ensure that it does.) (PS: on the topic of a bunch of people from the government scanning your neurons looking for stored thoughts: it's a horrifying world I want no part of, because such power would be abused to eliminate dissent. Governments are constructed by people, and people are not to be trusted with that kind of power.)