I've read many times over the past 5 years or more that Silicon Valley is CIA on the West Coast. They fund DARPA projects and Silicon helps the consumer adopted them. *shudder*
Time to break out the Ouija Board.
“This hypnosis is some crazy-ass voodoo,” she says. “And I mean that in a good way.”
You mean there’s a bad sort of crazy-ass voodoo out there?
Parents of stoner kids get idea.
If you know what’s good for you, you will get rid of all your smart devices now. Ask yourself whose eavesdropping?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h31oYJN6bJ8
Run away from hypnosis. It does far more harm than good. Plus, who knows what the operator is going to plant in your subconscious? “Vote Rat.” “Sign up for my expensive (and worthless) treatment program.” “Go crazy and kill your family” so we can demand more $ from the govt to “solve” societal violence.
I went to a hypnotist. Good news is I quit smoking, bad news is, I no longer have free will. - Norm McDonald.
My mother, now aged 87, went to a hypnotist when she was 41 in attempt to stop smoking. It worked.
So, if I say, “Alexa, just shoot me?” how long can I expect to wait for the ambulance of po-po be at my door?
We all spend the early years of our lives in what is essentially a hypnotic trance. It is a mental state that allows us to be programmed and learn. This is mostly done in response to parents but also is the case for other trusted (though not always deserving) authorities such as school teachers.
As adults our minds drift into trance-like states all of the time. Usually we are in control of our own faculties, but we are more suggestible at these times. Also, the suspension of disbelief required to enjoy a fictional story, such as a movie or novel, is a form of hypnosis.
The problem comes when people attempt to hack this human (and animal) trait for nefarious purposes. Or, sometimes even well-intentioned purposes could be harmful.
Hypnotic control is very real, and don’t let anyone fool you into thinking that it cannot be used to harm you just as much as help you.
I guess they could have subliminal suggestions playing in the background all day and night too.
Alexa...
...what’s the worse that can happen?