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Why brain-computer interfaces can become their own addiction

I am addicted to the neural stimulation settings on my brain interface and I keep telling myself it is medical but really I just like how it feels when my thoughts go quiet.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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You are discovering that even direct intervention in consciousness can become another way to avoid being present with yourself.

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