Neurological conditions are the leading global cause of disability, affecting more than three billion people worldwide. Combined with mental health conditions and substance use disorders, they could cost the global economy up to $16 trillion by 2030. Against this backdrop, neurotechnology represents an extraordinary promise. It ranges from clinical applications – such as brain and spinal implants that restore mobility or early-detection systems for Alzheimer’s disease – to consumer devices that support a healthy lifestyle and cognitive performance.
At the same time, the very innovations that hold transformative potential also pose risks to privacy, identity and autonomy, because they can access — and potentially could influence — the most personal layer of human existence: our minds.
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