When discussing centralized data silos, we often overlook what they actually entail. In essence, it’s ironic: Human existence is defined by the fact that we have complete control over our own minds. No one else has direct access to our private stream of thoughts, and no one should. To give that control to a single company is a direct contradiction of what it means to be human.
In a centralized business model, a single corporation decides how neural data is stored, who can access it, and what commercial incentives shape its use. All of this is often done without asking for patient consent or under lengthy terms and conditions. But unlike with shopping data or browsing history, clicking “I agree” here risks more than just privacy. It risks ceding influence on how one moves and speaks in cases when centralized systems get hacked.