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> Not if such implants become state-mandated If the state is willing and able to abuse people, they already have plenty of tools available to do so.
by blowski 5y ago
> Not if such implants become state-mandated
If the state is willing and able to abuse people, they already have plenty of tools available to do so.
- klyrs 5y agoThey're always seeking more.
- blowski 5y agoSo what do you suggest? Immediate cessation of all research?
- klyrs 5y agoNot at all. But extreme suspicion is warranted here. Folks who have experienced drugs like Zoloft know that antidepressants can go "too far." At the very least, I'd want to see a hard off switch to put the implantee into control. I'd much prefer a device like this to be at-will (a button that fires a pulse when the patient wants one, possibly with a rate-limiter) and in conjunction with talk therapy to train the patient to recognize depressive spirals so that they can better help themselves. Early in that therapy, it may be necessary for the therapist to trigger the device, but after a certain point, the functionality for an external trigger should be permanently disabled. Being locked in a mental institution is depressing, and any treatment plan must take that into account.