It all comes down to pain! My MIL had severe osteoarthritis. She couldn't blow her nose without compressing vertebrae. A fentanyl patch kept her mobile. She worried that she was becoming addicted to it, but the alternative would have been unbearable pain.
Elon Musk's Neuralink project should work on pain management instead of moving chess pieces. More people would be helped, but the pharmaceutical industry would shrink. Money talks...
It all comes down to pain! My MIL had severe osteoarthritis. She couldn't blow her nose without compressing vertebrae. A fentanyl patch kept her mobile. She worried that she was becoming addicted to it, but the alternative would have been unbearable pain.
Elon Musk's Neuralink project should work on pain management instead of moving chess pieces. More people would be helped, but the pharmaceutical industry would shrink. Money talks...
as I said, sometimes there are no good choices
Neuralink, as I understand it, would help me once I can no longer use my hands, but would not necessarily help w/ the pain situation.