It's never been about safety as much as it has control, serving and protecting only to the benefit of the status quo. In More than a Glitch, data journalist and New York University Associate Professor of Journalism Dr. Meredith Broussard, explores how and why we thought automating aspects of already racially-skewed legal, banking, and social systems would be a good idea. From facial recognition tech that doesn't work on dark-skinned folks to mortgage approval algorithms that don't work for dark-skinned folks, Broussard points to a dishearteningly broad array of initiatives that done more harm than good, regardless of their intention. In the excerpt below, Dr. Broussard looks at America's technochauavnistic history of predictive policing. Reprinted with permission from The MIT Press.

CRIMINALS could be tracked and controlled via brain chip monitoring in the future, according to neurotechnology law experts. Legal theorists are preparing for a future with widespread use of brain chips and augmented humans. Neurotechnology is the field of outfitting electronic devices for integration with the nervous system. While war-gaming the possibilities of neurotechnology impacting the law, Dr Allan McCay theorized that the courts could force criminals to adopt microchips for monitoring or controlling behavior in a report for The Law Society. "The political conditions might emerge for seeing neurotechnology as a broader solution to crime might come into place," McCay wrote.