In Lem's take on this in The Futurological Congress [1] people are unknowingly kept in a state of bliss by constantly being feed "mascons", drugs that make peop

In Lem's take on this in The Futurological Congress [1] people are unknowingly kept in a state of bliss by constantly being feed "mascons", drugs that make people see the deteriorating world around them in the most beautiful images. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Futurological_Congress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Futurological_Congress