Very, very, very bad idea. Once this works, we've got a massive box of philosophical and psychological issues to deal with--reality becomes suspect and meaningless.
Sure, there are all sorts of bizarre risks inherent in this, but is there any possibility that this won't happen? It seems all the trends point this way?
I don't think we really disagree, but what do you mean, specifically? I foresee the eager adoption of brain-computer interfaces by significant portions of the population (possibly including myself), and all sorts of problems ensuing from that. I think those problems might well include evil shit devised by our various enforcement agencies, and I won't be surprised if Snowden's whistleblowing successors reveal just that.
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>Brain to computer interfaces
Very, very, very bad idea. Once this works, we've got a massive box of philosophical and psychological issues to deal with--reality becomes suspect and meaningless.
Sure, there are all sorts of bizarre risks inherent in this, but is there any possibility that this won't happen? It seems all the trends point this way?
Surely, Snowden's revelation point to much darker trends.
I don't think we really disagree, but what do you mean, specifically? I foresee the eager adoption of brain-computer interfaces by significant portions of the population (possibly including myself), and all sorts of problems ensuing from that. I think those problems might well include evil shit devised by our various enforcement agencies, and I won't be surprised if Snowden's whistleblowing successors reveal just that.