In the totalitarian state imagined by George Orwell in his dystopian novel, 1984, Big Brother is always watching. In her new book, The Brain Supremacy, University of Oxford research scientist Kathleen Taylor suggests that Orwell's take may not be far off the mark - and that instead of observing our behaviours through telescreens and carefully placed spies, governments will one day monitor our thoughts directly using brain scanners.
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