The Future Will Be A Dangerous Place

The military is working on “synthetic telepathy“, a means of composing, sending, and receiving text and voice messages using thought alone. Now, I’m all for progress, but I have moments when I think this method of communication might not be the best solution for me. There’s a lot going on inside this head of mine and a stray private thought could make its way into an otherwise innocuous message, leading to all sorts of embarrassment. One positive aspect of being a really slow typist is that it allows me to filter out all the things I want to say, but probably shouldn’t. Thought-powered communication would remove that filter.

I just hope they never figure out a way to add images to those messages.