Scientists around the globe are joining the race to achieve engineering feats to read, write, modulate, and interface with the human brain in a broadening continuum of invasive to non-invasive ways. The expansive implications of neurotechnology for our conception of health, mind, decision-making, and behavior has raised social and ethical considerations that are inextricable from neurotechnological progress. We propose “socio-technical” challenges as a framing to integrate neuroethics into the engineering process. Intentionally aligning societal and engineering goals within this framework offers a way to maximize the positive impact of next-generation neurotechnologies on society.

全球科学家正在加入竞赛，以实现从侵入性到非侵入性方式不断扩大的读取、写入、调制和与人脑交互的工程壮举。神经技术对我们的健康、思想、决策和行为概念的广泛影响引发了与神经技术进步密不可分的社会和伦理考虑。我们提出“社会技术”挑战作为将神经伦理学整合到工程过程中的框架。有意在此框架内调整社会和工程目标，可以最大限度地发挥下一代神经技术对社会的积极影响。