Neurotechnology Startups and the E Word

In this episode, podcast host and Paradromics CEO, Matt Angle brings together Karen Rommelfanger (Neurotech Ethicist, Strategist, and Associate Professor at Emory), Anna Wexler (Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at UPenn), Ana Maiques (CEO of Neuroelectrics), and Stephanie Naufel Thacker (Technical Program Manager at Facebook Reality Labs). We talk about the role of ethicists in tech. Stephanie announces a new collaboration between Facebook and the Columbia NeuroRights program. We discuss data privacy, and I am mostly listening except for two excursions on 409A valuations and Disney’s The Little Mermaid. – Mat Angle, CEO, Paradromics

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00:30 | Guest Introductions

Karen Rommelfanger, PhD

Ana Maiques

Stephanie Naufel Thacker, PhD

Anna Wexler, PhD

01:00 | The E Word‍

04:33 | Nanotechnology, the Brain, and Personal Identity‍

07:30 | Wexler Lab @ UPenn‍

07:51 | Neuroelectrics‍

08:01 | FDA Trial: Brain Stimulation for Epilepsy‍

08:09 | At-Home Depression Pilot Study‍

08:53 | The Institute of Medicine‍

08:58 | Jeff Nye’s Legacy‍

09:15 | Hank Greely‍

13:32 | Ariel Garten @ Muse‍

14:25 | To Be or Not To Be Involved in Neuroethics‍

15:27 | Jacob Robinson @ Rice‍

17:31 | Researching and Teaching the Ethics and Social Implications of Emerging Technologies in the Laboratory‍

18:42 | BG+ @ DARPA‍

24:51 | Global Neuroethics Summit‍

25:30 | Laura Specker Sullivan, PhD, Interdisciplinary Ethicist, Cross-Cultural Bioethicist, Philosopher‍

27:04 | Timnit Gebru

‍27:29 | Innovative Businesses and Ethicists Collaboration

‍32:24 | Columbia Neuro Rights Initiative‍

33:00 | CTRL-labs, now part of Facebook‍

34:01 | Arthur Caplan @NYU‍

34:11 | Compassionate Use of Experimental Treatments‍

34:37 | Working Group on Compassionate Use & Pre Approval Access‍

35:23 | How Startups Determine Stock Option Strike Prices‍

36:57 | Good Pharma Scorecard‍

40:07 | GDPR Explained‍

40:55 | Federated Learning‍

42:39 | Rafael Yuste

44:05 | What Neural Data Can Reveal‍

44:44 | Facebook and Boston University fNIRS collaboration‍

45:26 | More on fNIRS Technology‍

45:39 | Hemodynamic Response to Brain Activation‍

45:58 | fNIRS as a Window to Cardiovascular Health‍

46:05 | Noninvasive Neural Interfaces: Ethical Considerations 2021‍

46:44 | Decoding Grasp and Finger Tapping‍

47:34 | EEG in the Diagnosis of Epilepsy‍

48:13 | Thomas Reardon @ Ctrl-labs‍

49:18 | Ethical Issues from Consumer Devices to Brain-Based Speech Decoding‍

50:29 | Thomas Reardon‍

53:33 | Protected Health Information‍

54:46 | Global Futures Council on Mental Health

‍56:39 | Voices Not in the Room‍

57:00 | Who Uses Direct-to-Consumer Brain Stimulation Products, and Why?‍

25:29 | Nita Farahany, JD, PhD

‍1:01:18 | Eroding Privilege of Mind-Body Duality‍

1:09:52 | Electronic Frontier Foundation on EULAs‍

1:11:05 | Psyberguide‍

1:13:20 | Eugenia Kuyda’s App‍

1:13:53 | Coping with loss using VR