"14 incredibly creepy surveillance technologies that Big Brother will be using to spy on you"
Q. How could you pass up a headline like that?
A. You can't.
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My favorite...
Hijacking Your Mind
The
U.S. military literally wants to be
able to hijack your mind. The theory is that this would enable
U.S. forces to non-violently convince
terrorists not to be terrorists anymore. But obviously the potential for abuse
with this kind of technology is extraordinary. The following is from a recent
article by Dick Pelletier…
The Pentagon's
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) wants to understand the
science behind what makes people violent, and then find ways to hijack their
minds by implanting false, but believable stories in their brains, with hopes of
evoking peaceful thoughts: We're friends, not enemies. Critics say this
raises ethical issues such as those addressed in the 1971 sci-fi movie, A
Clockwork Orange, which attempted to change people's
minds so that they didn't want to kill anymore. Advocates, however,
believe that placing new plausible narratives directly into the minds of
radicals, insurgents, and terrorists, could transform enemies into kinder,
gentler citizens, craving friendship. Scientists have known
for some time that narratives; an account of a sequence of events that are
usually in chronological order; hold powerful sway over the human mind, shaping
a person's notion of groups and identities; even inspiring them to commit
violence.
