> And next month Chilean lawmakers will propose an amendment to the country's constitution enshrining protections for neural data as a fundamental human right,

> And next month Chilean lawmakers will propose an amendment to the country's constitution enshrining protections for neural data as a fundamental human right, according to Yuste, who is advising on the process. In the US, I have a right against forced self-incrimination. The rights against indiscriminate search and seizure and protection of speech also seem to apply. Being able to read my thoughts would seem to negate my protection against the disclosure of self-incriminating speech (presuming thoughts are considered speech). This frontier is all the more concerning while our dominant model of commerce on the internet is the exchange of content for attention. The attention market already drives businesses to develop sophisticated, targeted models of users, so that the businesses can most efficiently encourage addiction to their services. Being able to tune those mechanisms in real-time could be disastrous. It is encouraging to see at least one government making an effort to get ahead of this, and their work can be an example for the rest of the world on how to protect people from a looming dystopia.