The New Mind Control – The internet has spawned subtle forms of influence
I remember the &#x27;90s, when the Internet as we know it was just a baby... 
The enthusiasm we all shared for it. Of a better future. Of true democracy in the world. Of free people, free minds.
The Internet will be the cure for all the social ills that humanity has experienced in the past.
People will trade and talk with each other and that&#x27;s how we can have peace on Earth!<p>We will be able to discuss, collaborate, create. We would be able to watch any film, listen to any song.<p>Some people called us &quot;geeks&quot;, we liked to call ourselves &quot;hackers&quot;.<p>We are not just hacking code, we&#x27;re hacking a new world.<p>--<p>A quarter of a century later and most of those things are now reality. But somehow these great things have brought with them some <i>hidden things</i>. Things which we ignored or brushed off easily back in the day..<p>Like the fact that the Internet is now populated by the same demographic as the real world, not just hackers and dreamers. Now everyone is online.<p>We thought it would free us from oppression, but it is becoming  the ultimate tool <i>for</i> oppression.<p>We thought  it would give us true democracy, but it is becoming the ultimate moderation system for &quot;foreign&quot; though suppression and group think generator.<p>We though it will serve our needs, but it is becoming the thing that is telling us what to need.
We thought it will satisfy our tastes, but our tastes are now being programed into us by it.<p>Of course we&#x27;re still high from all the positive aspects and it&#x27;s not in our nature to be scared of things, but that will soon wear off .. And when we wake up what will we find there ?<p>Either way, it is unstoppable and nobody can turn it off. So we only have to wait and see what it will ultimately turn into.<p>What will it be 25 years from now ? Will we still be able to discuss about this freely ?