Freeman Pascal wrote:
>
> Reminds me of Spider Robinson's "Mind Killer".
>
> Could you imagine wiring yourself to provide "positive"
> feedback for any aspect of life? Want better grades?
> No problem - just give yourself a hit to the pleasure
> area - you'll be studying and make the grades.
>
> Of course, you may end up as a wirehead sitting in your
> own refuse and drooling.
"God is an Iron", Spider Robinson
"Ringworld Engineers", Larry Niven
and the grandaddy of them all.....
"The Terminal Man", michael Crichton.
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