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The Role of Coercion in Cognitive Enhancement
The bigger question mark around all of this is even, let's say we're in a world where these technologies are equally accessible to all. Should workers actually be potentially forbidden from cognitive enhancements because it creates a norm that others might then feel subjected to? Will the pressure to enhance become coercive so people end up using smart drugs or devices even though they didn't actually want to? It's not the drugs that create the problem. It's the underlying drive to maximize productivity instead of having the four-day work week.