Symone Williams- yamamoto i4 and s4

I am looking into fabricated experiences for my final presentation. This chapters solidified my interest because it was very speculative and portrayed how far the human race will go to soul search. The concept of soul searching has always interested me because there is a lot that humans are collectively afraid of; and we soul search in the hopes that there will be something to fulfill all the voids within our lives. Fulfilling the soul is an age old tale. I could take a mystified philosophical approach by comparing philosophical literature to Yamamoto's ideas from this story. From a pop culture perspective, it is becoming easier to market envy because we always social media to make us wish we were somewhere we weren't. This increase may lead people in the direction to go on philosphical soul search because all they pay attention yo is what others are doing.
Another idea I had was inspired by singularity hub. Here's the link: https://singularityhub.com/2018/05/09/holograms-can-now-program-brain-activity-are-fake-experiences-next/#sm.0001psjevr19d7f9ipc4w741di4vm
This idea that holograms can program brain activity is interesting. What really stuck out to me from this article was the idea that scientists could trick the brain into seeing, feeling  or smelling something could be written into the brain. Even our memories could be entirely fabricated from an outside party. Our imaginations are essentially a reflection of ourselves, and the idea of having a memory "cut and paste" into the brain seems really invasive to me. At the same time, it may fulfill this soul search that many embark on by just making it up. For example, you'd never be lonely if you could trick your brain into feeling loved or installing memories of being around others. This is the direction I will probably take for my work in the quarter.

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