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>You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

He said that in the 20th century. Imprisoning the mind is the province of the 21st century. Both governments and pseudo-"activists" now seek to do this by leveraging the Internet.




All it will take to "imprison the mind" is convincing enough people to use a system that gives positive reinforcement when your friends act "correctly". Normal social behavior will do the rest. China (with Tencent) is already trying this, and Facebook has at least explored this area[2].

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHcTKWiZ8sI

[2] https://consumerist.com/2015/08/05/facebook-patent-would-all...




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