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Human Touch

Scientists are on the verge
of replicating human touch

 

over the internet, individuals
at home will be able to reach out

 

and experience the emotions 

of others as their own

 

pornographic entrepreneurs,

police departments

 

military consultants,

and the ministry of the

 

Rev. Earnest Angley

have created a consortium

 

to further explore the applications

of this remarkable innovation

 

The consortium is pledging to set aside 

no less than .00002%

 

of residuals derived from this technology

to assist schools, 

 

hospitals, and retirement homes

with their own managed empathy networks

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M.C. Newberry

Sun 19th Aug 2018 17:35

The inventions that introduce mechanical/electronic substitutes for human need in whatever aspect of life are
now increasingly in the public consciousness. Prosthetics
that give their wearers the returned use of a lost bodily
unit are becoming increasingly sophisticated and wide-ranging - a very topical subject for poetry as humanity
becomes the master and servant of its own rapidly
advancing devices.

<Deleted User> (19913)

Sun 19th Aug 2018 09:14

Managed empathy networks, eh Robert. The mind boggles. Imagine trolling and online bullying and sharing the aftermath of a school shooting.... Hard not to be pessimistic when profit is the motivation.

<Deleted User> (19421)

Sun 19th Aug 2018 07:00

Wow, clever and unfortunately so true - business making money out of anything that could benefit us all and anything that is profit driven only ends up benefiting a few.

nice work

Cheers

DJB

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Robert C Gaulke

Sun 19th Aug 2018 01:54

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elPintor

Sun 19th Aug 2018 01:32

Frightening, but then, I was already afraid...

Truly, it's somewhat of a comment on our agreed sense of privacy. I mean, am I, by posting my personal experiences here on WoL, implying some type of universal ownership of those experiences? And, upon what data would such an application as you mention be built?

The application of our personal data to consumerist principles (including our thoughts) might go on ad infinitum (or at least to some final detriment), without the imposition of regulation...just a thought, however inarticulate it might seem.

Rachel

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