Soon you may not even dream without people bothering you

[boingboing]

Originally published at: Soon you may not even dream without people bothering you - Boing Boing

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[dwall0]

Coming Soon: Advertising in your dreams. (I think this was a plot point in an old sci-fi film but I can’t remember which one)

[gracchus]

@boingboing

If validated, the ability to communicate during or even share dreams would be revolutionary.

And would be co-opted immediately by Zuckerberg and his ilk as an advertising platform.

[I owe a dream Coke to @dwall.]

[Otherbrother]

@dwall0

Coming Soon: Advertising in your dreams. (I think this was a plot point in an old sci-fi film but I can’t remember which one)

Is Futurama considered to be old SciFi now?

Futurama - S01E06 - Didn't you have ads in the 20th century?

[anon59592690]

I don’t trust any fucker that wants to put words and thoughts into my head.

Adverts on billboards, newspapers, radio, television, streaming, on apps, between apps, podcasts, before movies, in movies, between shows, during shows…

FUCK OFF

The inescapable horrors of advertised capitalism and politics already infest my dreams too often, thanks.
You can keep it.

[Simon_Clift]

And yet, going just a level deeper, it’s all so much worse than just the ads by themselves.

Vulnerabilities

Brian Krebs has a new article on the atrocious capabilities of the surveillance infrastructure enabled by the Android and iOS advertising ID features: Not long ago, the ability to digitally track someone’s daily movements just by knowing their home address, employer, or place of worship was considered a dangerous power that should remain only within the purview of nation states. But a new lawsuit in a likely constitutional battle over a New Jersey privacy law shows that anyone can now access…

[anon59592690]

If it can get worse, it probably already has.

[euansmith]

[dwall0]

@Otherbrother

Is Futurama considered to be old SciFi now?

Futurama season 1 was a quarter century ago.

[Bunbain]

Indeed!

[abutilon]

According to Ars Technica, Remmyo is a “language” created specifically for use while lucid dreaming. It utilizes facial muscle movements and can be learned while awake.

So…Dreamer 1 is sent a facial muscle movement “word” via earbuds…translates it into a facial twitch? & somehow sends it back to the server? which then repeats the word to Dreamer 2…again via earbud??..& then Dreamer 2 confirms upon awakening?

So many question marks for me…

[Otherbrother]

@dwall0

@Otherbrother

Is Futurama considered to be old SciFi now?

Futurama season 1 was a quarter century ago.

Stop making me feel old, Parker!

Spider-Man : Hey guys, you ever see that really old movie, Empire Strikes Back?

War Machine : Jesus, Tony, how old is this guy?

Iron Man : I don’t know, I didn’t carbon date him. He’s on the young side.

[anon27554371]

Quasi-obligs:

[Mister44]

Didn’t Philip K. Dick write about this in his short story, “Do Androids Dream of Ozempic Ads?”

[Ceran_Swicegood]

In PKD’s novel Galactic Pot-Healer the government inserts propaganda messages into dreams.

[1000YearBan]

It’s a plot point in a very recent, excellent film:

[anon61221983]

@boingboing

Lucid dreaming company REMspace claims that they have enabled two individuals in separate locations to transmit a simple message to one another while lucid dreaming.

[Michael_Cross]

The Firesign Theatre album “Give Me Immortality or Give Me Death” opens with an advertisement for a mattress store being delivered into people’s dreams. The store is called “Unconscious Village” lol.

[LurkingGrue]

Jokes on them. I have aphantasia and my dreams have no images.