Arthur C. Clarke

"Perhaps the most sensational result of this experimentation, which may be fraught with more social consequences than the early work of nuclear physicists, is the discovery of the socalled pleasure or rewarding centres in the brain... The possibilities here, for good and evil, are so obvious that there is no point in exaggerating or discounting them. Electronic possession of human robots controlled from a central broadcasting station is something that even George Orwell never thought of, but it may be technically possible long before 1984."
Arthur C. Clarke

Refs
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Pleasure
Roborats
Homeostasis
Orgasmatrons
Hypermotivation
George Orwell: 1984
First Brain Prosthesis?
Utopian brain stimulation?
Electrical Brain Stimulation
Hedonism and Homeostasis
The Transcranial Magnetic Stimulator
Addicted brains; the chemistry of pain and pleasure
Pleasure Evoked by Electrical Stimulation of the Brain

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