Doesn't this fall into the realm of discriminatory interview questions to begin with? I'm pretty sure a case could be made in a discriminatory hiring suit without introducing new laws.

This was my first response.

A quick Google search yielded "30 Interview Questions You Can't Ask"

Of the 30, I think about 20 can be learned from someone's Facebook account.

Not revolutionary? It's a relatively small step from here to mapping out the neural pathways which trigger specific memories. If we can figure out those underlying structures, we can hopefully learn how to read and modify them.

I need my Matrix-style brain downloads!

More importantly imagine how many people this could help!

There's a bit of ethics involved, but what if we could simply remove traumatic memories to treat psychological disorders?

Plus, yeah, plugging in to learn karate would be pretty awesome.

You can actually remove traumatic memories using drugs but it has to be done very soon following the traumatic event.

It is in fact an arena of medical ethical conflict between those who advocate it and those who (properly, in my view) don't.

In this day and age, introducing such technology to the world would be an immensely destructive crime against humanity.

There's an obligatory Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind reference to be made here...

There was an Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind reference in the article. You should have read it.