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Observed arrival · 2026-08-21

Bouke van Balen, Philosopher of Technology

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A bilingual academic and public philosopher's home for research, writing, media appearances, and a blog.

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Van Balen is finishing a PhD on how people with Locked-In Syndrome can make sense of brain–computer interfaces. The site brings phenomenology, neuroethics, critical disability studies, interviews, and public writing into one unusually focused research profile.

A bilingual academic and public philosopher's home for research, writing, media appearances, and a blog.

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