Narayan Sankaran

Wired Minds: Community Conversations on Hopes, Fears, and Choices in Neurotech

Project Overview

In the last decade, our ability to measure and manipulate the brain activity underlying our thoughts, emotions, and actions has grown by leaps and bounds thanks to advances in sensor technology and machine learning capabilities. These advances have brought new hope to people with various disabilities, ranging from speech paralysis to major depressive disorder, but have also spurred controversy stemming from the concern that neurotechnologies such as brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) would fundamentally threaten our ability to think and act freely....

Kavli Center Affiliate and Civic Science Fellow, Narayan Sankaran, shares his vision to bring impacted communities and the public into conversation with neuroscientists

November 27, 2024
Kavli Center News

This November, Kavli Center Affiliate and current Civic Science Fellow with the Kavli Center, Narayan Sankaran, traveled to Berlin, Germany to speak on the panel, "Preparing the Next Generation of Civic Science Leaders" at the annual Falling Walls Science Summit. The UC Berkeley Kavli Center for Ethics, Science, and the Public is a host organization this year for...

Reflections on the 2024 Falling Walls Science Summit

December 11, 2024
Narayan Sankaran

Kavli Center Affiliate and Civic Science Fellow Narayan Sankaran shares reflections from the 2024 Falling Walls Science Summit in Berlin:

Just two days after the U.S. election, as we were still digesting the implications, we flew to Berlin for the annual Falling Walls Science Summit, arriving in Germany the same day that country’s coalition government dissolved amidst growing economic and social tensions. It was against this backdrop of political instability and resurgent right-wing nationalism that leaders in science, business, and the public sector had gathered...

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