The human cost of neurotechnology failure
Pain is information. Instead of trying to manipulate the brain into not feeling it, we need to be figuring out <i>the cause</i> and fixing that.<p>These <i>ooh, shiny</i> med tech solutions are likely on such shakey ground in part because the mindset that says &quot;Hey, what can we build and <i>sell</i> to make the pain go away?&quot; (instead of wondering what causes the pain and fixing that) is exactly the kind of thought process that turns a blind eye to the big picture and the long term. Such a mindset is not really good for genuinely addressing health issues.<p>In response to the dead reply to me (that I don&#x27;t plan to vouch for): No, I don&#x27;t assume all med tech is made in bad faith.