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November 14th, 2015 
Awake Goy 
In recent days, Dr. Tom Insel, M.D., left his post as chief of the U.S.
National Institute of Mental Health, a position that made him the
nation’s top
mental health physician. ~ J D Heyes
A neuroscientist and psychiatrist,
Insel is a leading authority on both medicinal and public policies that
are necessary to deal with mental problems. Although he’s leaving his
government job at 64 years of age, he isn’t retiring; the UK Telegraph reports he’s going to work for Google.
Insel
will be working for Google Life Sciences, one of the more unusual
divisions of the tech and media behemoth.
He is going to apply his
expertise investigating how technology can be employed to help diagnose and treat mental health conditions, according to a blog post at the National Institutes of Health.
The company that has been busted repeatedly for fraud and other abusive practices now wants to get into the “business” of repairing minds. What could go wrong?
“Wearable” technology is key to Google’s new mind endeavor
Then
again, Google is merely launching into a technological field other
companies have already entered. Apple, IBM and Intel are among those
exploring the same field, the Telegraph reported, adding:
IBM
this year carried out research with Columbia University that suggested
computer analysis of speech patterns can more accurately predict the
onset of psychosis than conventional tests involving blood samples or
brain scans.Other researchers theorize that a person’s internet search
history or even shopping habits (so handily recorded by your innocuous
loyalty card) can identify the first signs of mental illness.Computers
can now tell when something is about to go terribly wrong in someone’s
mind.
As scary as that technology is in and of itself, the
manner in which researchers like Insel want to utilize the technology
ought to raise even more alarms and questions.
There is no
question that wearable technology is growing in popularity and use, and
that is especially true when it comes to wearable medical technology.
Think about devices like Fitbits, which are used by a growing number of
people who want to track their physical activity.
Even some businesses
and corporations are offering them to employees at discounted prices or
for free because they see long-term cost benefits such as lower health
insurance/health care costs from their use by employees. These devices
also monitor movements, pulse rates, sleep patterns and more.
Using
technology to self-monitor has benefited health care by allowing
patients to electronically transmit their health conditions in real
time, reducing the number of routine and expensive medical consultations
with providers and ensuring a faster response to changes in health that
require intervention and attention.
Therefore, it is highly
likely that self-monitoring will also begin to play a larger role in
public health, and governments seeking reductions in taxpayer-supported
expenditures will likely adopt them.
However, with these devices in use in both the private and public sectors – in which they might eventually become requirements of insurance companies and government agencies – the wearers will be in danger of having all of their activities monitored.
What
if you want to sneak in an extra beer or glass of wine? That will be
monitored. How about a sinful snack? The extra glucose will show up.
Imagine the possibilities.
Constant tracking is inherent in all new Google technology
Apply
this concept to mental health. What happens when mental health
monitoring technology registers periods of anger and depression, perhaps
because you’re having a bad few weeks at work or someone in your family
is sick or has passed away?
What happens if you and your spouse fight
too often, or your kids have become teenagers and are harder to
discipline than before?
We have already seen the Obama administration pushing for new gun control restrictions with veterans who need help managing their finances.
“…[W]earable
technology allows continuous monitoring. A small portable device might
monitor your tone of voice, speech patterns and physical movements,
picking up the early signs of trouble. A device such as a mobile
telephone,” the Telegraph notes.
Google is obviously
working with government to assist in the implementation of total control
over the world’s population. There can be no denying that; every new
technology developed by the tech behemoth is dual-use and always
includes the ability to monitor personal activity and behavior.
November 13, 2015 – KnowTheLies
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References
Telegraph.co.uk
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