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In the essay “Alone Together”, the author, Sherry Turkle, illustrates that the technology not only does offer convenience to people, but also leads people to
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Lauren Slater points out that DBS-deep brain stimulation-is an electric shock to the brain to control people’s behaviors, which becomes a breakthrough of medical technology to treat people who have OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder). As human beings, people should be able to control their feelings and behaviors, which is a basic human right. However, DBS also means patients’ minds controlled by others, which results in patients have no abilities to control their own feelings and actions. Once this technique is used for something evil like being controlled by terrorists, it will become a disaster for human world. When people enjoy the fun brought by technology, they also need to be aware of the problems caused by it, for instance, the unreal feelings or the inappropriate purposes of medical applications. Meanwhile, as a mind-control technology, DBS applications should be limited by the government. Based on the facts that technology offers illusion feelings and can changes people’s actions, thus the government …show more content…
As a dangerous technique, like nuclear power, DBS can totally control people’s minds and actions; it is sort of against the order of nature. Once terrorists use this technique to control people to attack other people or countries, DBS helps the terrorist attacks become easier and more convenient. Therefore, the government should limit the use of DBS and place it securely, such as only for medical use. At the same time, the government should not control the prisoners’ mind via DBS to reduce crimes. In Slater’s work, she proves a experiment of prisoners’ mind control in the mid-1970s, “…particularly African American, were more than a little perturbed at the thought that mind control was sees as a viable solution to social injustices or crime. Meanwhile, the CIA was rumored to be experimenting with implants to break down POWs and discredit rebellious citizens…”(Slater 236). Prisoners are also human beings so that they possess basic human rights as well. In addition, DBS control is not a solution to reduce crimes for the reason that the prisoners are supposed to face their mistakes and consequences as well as realizing the right value of the world by themselves, instead of being stereotyped like robots. Prisoners are lives, not machines. The most beautiful parts of lives are the unpredictability and reality. As Turkle
Lauren Slater points out that DBS-deep brain stimulation-is an electric shock to the brain to control people’s behaviors, which becomes a breakthrough of medical technology to treat people who have OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder). As human beings, people should be able to control their feelings and behaviors, which is a basic human right. However, DBS also means patients’ minds controlled by others, which results in patients have no abilities to control their own feelings and actions. Once this technique is used for something evil like being controlled by terrorists, it will become a disaster for human world. When people enjoy the fun brought by technology, they also need to be aware of the problems caused by it, for instance, the unreal feelings or the inappropriate purposes of medical applications. Meanwhile, as a mind-control technology, DBS applications should be limited by the government. Based on the facts that technology offers illusion feelings and can changes people’s actions, thus the government …show more content…
As a dangerous technique, like nuclear power, DBS can totally control people’s minds and actions; it is sort of against the order of nature. Once terrorists use this technique to control people to attack other people or countries, DBS helps the terrorist attacks become easier and more convenient. Therefore, the government should limit the use of DBS and place it securely, such as only for medical use. At the same time, the government should not control the prisoners’ mind via DBS to reduce crimes. In Slater’s work, she proves a experiment of prisoners’ mind control in the mid-1970s, “…particularly African American, were more than a little perturbed at the thought that mind control was sees as a viable solution to social injustices or crime. Meanwhile, the CIA was rumored to be experimenting with implants to break down POWs and discredit rebellious citizens…”(Slater 236). Prisoners are also human beings so that they possess basic human rights as well. In addition, DBS control is not a solution to reduce crimes for the reason that the prisoners are supposed to face their mistakes and consequences as well as realizing the right value of the world by themselves, instead of being stereotyped like robots. Prisoners are lives, not machines. The most beautiful parts of lives are the unpredictability and reality. As Turkle