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Re:Many young people diagnosed with Tourette’s after watchin... by SavantIdiot on Saturday September 04, 2021 @06:06PM (#28419765)
That is also the premise of these three great films, inducing disease/mind-control via digital communication:

1. Videodrome

2. They Live

3. Pontypool (which heavily references SnowCrash, the book)

It would not surprise me if this becomes a concern this century (e.g., digital manipulation of the brain remotely).

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Re:Many young people diagnosed with Tourette’s after watchin... by swayvil on Saturday September 04, 2021 @06:29PM (#28419954)
I totally agree. And I have watched all 3 of those.

Pontypool. Woo! What a crazy idea.

Bookwise, I recommend QNTM's "There is no Antimemetics Division" and Langford's BLIT.

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Re:Many young people diagnosed with Tourette’s after watchin... by SavantIdiot on Sunday September 05, 2021 @12:53PM (#28425701)
Never heard of those last two, thanks for the tips!
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Re:Many young people diagnosed with Tourette’s after watchin... by swayvil on Monday September 06, 2021 @05:32PM (#28438345)
This is interesting

https://modelelearning.com/2017/11/02/you-gotta-believe-me/

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