Blog Post Group E

I also agree with forest & josh that this is one of the scarier dystopian stories because there is already technology out that could make Lindsley’s dystopia possible. Nicotine patches help reduced craving for cigarettes but if it sometime like is possible then a product could easily made to increase craving for cigarettes. Cigarettes themselves increase cravings for people every time they smoke it. Companies are making money for both cigarettes and nicotine patches. I found it funny that each patch is almost twice as expensive as a single cigarette because in the story people are willing to pay twice as much to make the cravings go away. I also found it funny that CraveTech recalled all their darts because studies shown them to trigger problems in small amount of people. This I think is better than real life because most companies just put a warning label on their products instead of recalling. Lindsley’s dystopia might already be happening in real life but it might be too subtle for us to notice. Even if we do notice, it’s hard to change because technology is advancing faster than policies related to them. The ending to Lindsley’s story is very much possible. With all the research on the brain, If a company invest a huge sum of money, a company might be able to create a product that affects human feelings and affections towards another directly.