damninteresting.com — What if there were a device that could bring you instant euphoria at the push of a button, with none of the chemical side effects of drugs? Such a device exists, but it's not something we're allowed to have. Should happiness be just a push-button away?
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Closed AccountDec 27, 2005
> I can just see it - a capacitor decides to give up the ghost and suddenly juices me with > 50X the correct current. Now I'm no longer able to feel pleasure or reward ever again. Yay....where you could enjoy a view above morality? Or would you just eventually turn into a psychopath?
goflyakiteDec 27, 2005
Forget about the damn Holodeck! :)
Closed AccountDec 27, 2005
> no eating or sleeping until they died......Yes, but they died "happy".It poses some very interesting questions about what actually constitutes reality...The lessons that I'm taking away from this are:1 - don't mess with 3 million years of evolution2 - human suffering is not only inevitable, but good3 - life sucks and then you die; get over it.
eschatonikDec 27, 2005
"I suppose Google will buy it. But for God's sake, don't let Microsoft bring out one of these."Heheeh. The Blue Screen of Orgasmic Pleasure? Mmmmmmmm.....c'mon Windows....CRASH DAMMIT!
imajilonDec 28, 2005
Heroin: "Take the best orgasm you ever had, multiply it by a thousand and you're still nowhere near it."- Trainspotting (Renton)Different cab, same destination.
turminator999Dec 29, 2005
three books to read before approving of thisBrave New World - by Aldous Huxley1984 - by George OrwellTerminal Man - Michael Crighton