Zapping the Masses

The idea of being able to send out electrical frequencies and ‘zap’ peoples minds in order to then download certain behaviors, actions or ideologies sounds like an average day on set of a psi-fi series.

The shocking thing is that its not fiction, nor does it appear to be a thing of the distant future, but it is a reality of today.

While we may not quite be to the point of zapping peoples brains, technology has been developed that allows the interpretations of human conscious and unconscious thoughts and emotions. Along with this the technology for sending out signals which can alter or affect the human brain in particular ways has also been on the rise sense the first known experiments in the cold war.

Imagine what this could mean. People who have lost the use of their limbs could, through the power of their own mind and technology, move once again, could speak, could become artist or virtually anything they desired to become. So long as the brain was working, anything can potentially come into existence.

The possibilities for the mind itself may also be transformative. Signals could enter the brain to reduce anxiety, create regular sleep, or keep the mind positive.

Of course, as the saying goes, with great power comes great responsibility.

And who should be able to control this power? Would it be any safer in the hands of the people as it would be in the hands of the government? Power corrupts, of that there is unyielding proof. The selfish streak in humanity runs deep, and any kind of ‘electronic telepathy’ or signalaing that can be used to bennifit an individual, a group, a nation, will undoubtably be used to benefit one to the detriment of others.

But should such fears of control and manipulation really stop such exciting ventures into unkown possibilities? People always have and always will find ways to manipulate others, be it with words or actions. While the consequences could be on a more dramatic scale with such technology as this, the doors it could open and the benefit it could create would be ten fold as well.

I guess what it really depends on is peoples faith in ourselves and the world in which we live.