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I wouldn't be surprised to learn that real time fmri neurofeedback would enable people to train to reduce /eliminate bad feeling due to hierarchy in the near th

by minthd 12y ago

I wouldn't be surprised to learn that real time fmri neurofeedback would enable people to train to reduce /eliminate bad feeling due to hierarchy in the near the near future <10 years .

api 12y ago
What you're talking about is "desire control" -- the ability to "choose what you want to want." While you could do what you say, you could also do a billion other things. I consider desire control to be one of the most subversive technologies possible. We are to a great extent enslaved through the manipulation of inborn and conditioned desire. If we can manipulate our own desires... I'd expect the first applications to be essentially medicinal: helping people overcome persistent unwanted urges like addictions, pedophilia, or obsessive compulsive disorders. But think about where it could go from there. Making yourself "want to work" for example could be either empowering or disempowering depending on the context. Making yourself not care about hierarchy could be both as well. For example: how much money could you save if you genuinely no longer cared about status symbols?
- minthd 12y ago
  I agree, such technologies could be of huge importance in the future,possibly far more than most breakthrough technologies we hear about from the media. On the other hand, we hear almost nothing about such "desire/mind shaping" technologies, and in general people people show little interest in them. I wonder, why is that?
  - api 12y ago
    I'm very interested, but haven't bought in yet because I don't see anything yet that seems to unambiguously work (other than careful use of a few nootropics). I may try one of these tDCS devices soon. If I do I will blog it.
    - minthd 12y ago
      While EEG neurofeedback doesn't always work ,isn't it safer than tDCS , and if it works it's more targeted ? And clearly you're an exception. And i'm not talking about buying - just general awareness about that tech and it's possibilities(which might be tied to more investment and faster development of the tech).

by minthd 12y ago

I wouldn't be surprised to learn that real time fmri neurofeedback would enable people to train to reduce /eliminate bad feeling due to hierarchy in the near the near future <10 years .

api 12y ago

What you're talking about is "desire control" -- the ability to "choose what you want to want." While you could do what you say, you could also do a billion other things. I consider desire control to be one of the most subversive technologies possible. We are to a great extent enslaved through the manipulation of inborn and conditioned desire. If we can manipulate our own desires... I'd expect the first applications to be essentially medicinal: helping people overcome persistent unwanted urges like addictions, pedophilia, or obsessive compulsive disorders. But think about where it could go from there. Making yourself "want to work" for example could be either empowering or disempowering depending on the context. Making yourself not care about hierarchy could be both as well. For example: how much money could you save if you genuinely no longer cared about status symbols?

minthd 12y ago
I agree, such technologies could be of huge importance in the future,possibly far more than most breakthrough technologies we hear about from the media. On the other hand, we hear almost nothing about such "desire/mind shaping" technologies, and in general people people show little interest in them. I wonder, why is that?
- api 12y ago
  I'm very interested, but haven't bought in yet because I don't see anything yet that seems to unambiguously work (other than careful use of a few nootropics). I may try one of these tDCS devices soon. If I do I will blog it.
  - minthd 12y ago
    While EEG neurofeedback doesn't always work ,isn't it safer than tDCS , and if it works it's more targeted ? And clearly you're an exception. And i'm not talking about buying - just general awareness about that tech and it's possibilities(which might be tied to more investment and faster development of the tech).