> At some point we'll have mind readers. Be careful of thinking you want a jelly donut - Postmastes is already on the way. For years, Target has been trying t

> At some point we'll have mind readers. Be careful of thinking you want a jelly donut - Postmastes is already on the way. For years, Target has been trying to find likely pregnant women based on shopping patterns. There's a strange anecdote where a daughter received pregnancy-related ads and it turned out she was actually pregnant! NYT article discussing this: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/magazine/shopping-habits.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/magazine/shopping-habits.h...