I listened to a podcast yesterday where a psychologist specializing in intervening with people who have been victimized by coercive negative cults was talking a

I listened to a podcast yesterday where a psychologist specializing in intervening with people who have been victimized by coercive negative cults was talking about how we all thought the increased information available on the internet would make cults less of a problem, but savvy recruiters have actually used better communication tools to make dangerous cults more of a problem than they ever have been. He was very concerned about just how much power VR environments have over those inside them, and how destructive that power will be when controlled by bad actors. So it's the standard tool argument of course, it's not good or bad, just a power multiplier for influencing people. But we do tend to ignore the inevitable abuses of this new power in favour of talking about the positive uses like this. Although addictive VR environments for lonely elderly people will be a great way to stop them from getting any physical activity whatsoever and speeding up the aging process.