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It would be interesting if you were right. Have you read any of Larry Niven’s work? In his Known Space novels, especially later Ringworld books the idea of “wir
by GW150914 8y ago
It would be interesting if you were right. Have you read any of Larry Niven’s work? In his Known Space novels, especially later Ringworld books the idea of “wireheads” is extensively considered. The outlook adopted seems to be what you’re implying, that is to say it would supplant all drugs and most addictive vices. It would also be al ost invariably fatal due to self-neglect, reproduction rates of the affected population would be low, and after some generations most seriously addictive personalities would be essentially eliminated. Whoever was left wild naturally become wireheads, so would have some baseline of addicts, but it would be a fraction of pre-wireheads days.
Interesting idea, with a bit of a bumpy ride on the way.
- ChuckMcM 8y agoI have read much of Niven's work. I also got to hear him and Jerry Pournelle discuss some of their 'evolution in action' theories at a science fiction conference in LA. It was more entertaining than rigorous given the venue but both of them had given the concepts a lot of thought. Of course as my grandfather would say some times, "The law of the jungle is always more appealing to those who aren't subject to it." I recognize that the impacts will be felt widely when this technology becomes available, but I also recognize I can't predict the impact on things outside of my own experience.