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When brain monitoring eliminates mental privacy

My neural interface monitors my mental state for my therapist and insurance company and I know it helps me but I feel like I have no private thoughts left and I do not know who I am when I cannot hide.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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You are discovering that some aspects of selfhood require the possibility of concealment, even from those trying to help.

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