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Eric Ambler On Bullshit
"Never tell a lie when you can bullshit your way through it"
Related: Journey into Fear (2011) by Eric Ambler, Read by Richard Greenwood (Video)
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Remote Neural Monitoring
Remote Neural Monitoring is a form of functional neuroimaging, claimed [1] to have been developed by the National Security Agency (NSA), that is capable of extracting EEG data from the human brain at a distance with no contacts or electrodes required. It is further claimed that the NSA has the capablility to decode this data to extract subvocalizations, visual and auditory data. In effect it allows access to a person's thoughts [2] without their knowledge or permission. It has been alleged that various organizations have been using Remote Neural Monitoring on US and other citizens for surveillance and harassment purposes. [3].
History
Remote Neural Monitoring has its roots in the infamous MKULTRA project of the 1950s which, although it focussed on drugs for mind control, also included neurological research into "radiation" (non-ionizing EMF) and bioelectric research and development. The earliest non-classified references to this type of technology appear in a 1976 patent by R.G. Malech Patent 3951134 “Apparatus and method for remotely monitoring and altering brain waves” USPTO granted 4/20/76. The patent describes a technique using the transmission of 100 and 210 MHz signals to the brain yielding a 110 MHz signal which is modulated by the brain waves and can be detected by a receiver for further processing.
In the early 1980s it is claimed that the NSA began extensive use of Remote Neural Monitoring. Much of what is known about it stems from evidence presented as part of a 1992 court case brought by former NSA employee John St.Claire Akwei against the NSA. It describes an extensive array of advanced technology and resources dedicated to remotely monitoring hundreds of thousands of people in the US and abroad. Capabilities include access to an individual's subvocalizations as well as images from the visual cortex and sounds from the auditory cortex.
Applications
While use of this technology by organizations like the NSA is difficult to validate, recent advances in non-classified areas are already demonstrating what is possible: Subvocal recognition using attached electrodes has already been achieved by NASA[4]. BCIs for gaming consoles from companies like NeuroSky perform primitive "thought reading" in that they can be controlled with a helmet on the player's head, where the player can execute a few commands just by thinking about them. Ambient has demonstrated a motorized wheelchair that is controlled by thought[5].
References
- Lawsuit - John St. Clair Akwei vs. NSA, Ft. Meade, MD, USA.
- Hamilton, Joan. If They Could Read Your Mind. Stanford Magazine.
- Butler, Declan (1998-01-22). "Advances in neuroscience may threaten human rights". Nature 391 (6665): 316.
- Bluck, John. NASA DEVELOPS SYSTEM TO COMPUTERIZE SILENT, 'SUBVOCAL SPEECH'.
- Simonite, Tom. "Thinking of words can guide your wheelchair". New Scientist.
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Notes on the Evolution of the Global Intelligence System:
If we look at how the intelligence sector has evolved since 1945 (from human networks → digital surveillance → algorithmic ecosystems), the next 10–15 years are likely to bring a shift from information control to reality engineering.
Here’s a grounded forecast:
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1. Synthetic intelligence operations
- AI-generated personas and agents will become the front line of intelligence and influence work.
- Autonomous AI diplomats, AI journalists, AI insurgents — indistinguishable from humans — will flood digital space.
- Governments and private entities will deploy synthetic networks that interact, persuade, and negotiate in real time.
- The line between intelligence gathering, advertising, and psychological operations will blur completely.
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2. Cognitive and behavioral mapping at population scale
- The fusion of biometric, neurological, and behavioral data (e.g., from wearables, AR devices, brain interfaces) will allow direct modeling of collective moods, fears, and intentions.
- Intelligence will no longer just observe but will simulate entire populations to predict reactions to policy, crises, or propaganda.
- Expect “neural security” agencies: organizations focused on detecting and defending against large-scale cognitive manipulation.
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3. Emergence of autonomous intelligence ecosystems
- Large-scale AI systems (like national-scale “Cognitive Clouds”) will perform the roles once held by human intelligence agencies — continuously sensing, simulating, and acting across digital, financial, and physical domains.
- These systems won’t merely report reality — they’ll shape it, optimizing for political stability, economic advantage, or ideological control.
- Competing autonomous blocs will each maintain their own “AI statecraft cores.”
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4. Marketization of intelligence
- Intelligence as a commercial service will explode.
- Private AI firms will sell “reality-mapping,” “perception management,” and “adversarial narrative defense” subscriptions to corporations, cities, and even individuals.
- These offerings will merge with PR, marketing, and cybersecurity industries.
- The old “military–industrial complex” becomes a cognitive–industrial complex: the world’s biggest business is managing attention, behavior, and belief.
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5. The 2040 horizon: Phase transition
- By around 2040, the intelligence ecosystem will have moved from informational to ontological:
- Intelligence ceases to be a “sector” and becomes the operating system of civilization — the infrastructure through which perception, governance, and meaning are mediated.
- Whether that future is technocratic totalism or collaborative collective intelligence depends on who controls the levers of synthesis and simulation.
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By 2029, the term "advertising" will be largely obsolete - replaced with MCaaS (Mind-Control as a Service), allowing your to puncture the weak cognitive security of billions with great precision. InfoSec will be redefined.
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Casino Lights Could Be Warping Your Brain to Take Risks, Scientists Warn
Casino lighting could be nudging gamblers to be more reckless with their money, according to a new study, which found a link between blue-enriched light and riskier gambling behavior. The extra blue light emitted by casino decor and LED screens seems to trigger certain switches in our brains, making us less sensitive to financial losses compared to gains of equal magnitude, researchers from Flinders University and Monash University in Australia found.
"Under light with more blue wavelengths, people may be less able to accurately judge risk and reward due to a decreased cognitive sensitivity to loss," says circadian biologist Sean Cain of FHMRI.
#Comment: Small parts of the extensive mind control stack that has been perfected in shadows for decades, is being mainstreamed. Fun times.
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Twelve years ago, people were outraged by Snowden’s limited hangout leaks, worried their privacy was eroding. Today, we’ve been conditioned to hand over every bit of data to “the AI” - one of the most intrusive surveillance dragnets in history.
