11-16-2021, 05:39 AM
One X Many Zap
Personality transfer isn’t difficult
with 1950s technology: all you need
is two very large bell jars
one control panel with a big knife switch
and a Van de Graff generator.
When properly connected
(sabotage is possible)
sparks crackle
spotlights on two sometimes-human
subjects in the jars
flash and if budgeting permits
change Technicolor to confirm
whose mind ended where.
How has that process changed
in sixty years?
Mainly that today it’s one-to-many
(one Opinion Leader, many followers)
and it’s accomplished
sparklessly and wirelessly
through Facebook-Meta
and it’s real.
Personality transfer isn’t difficult
with 1950s technology: all you need
is two very large bell jars
one control panel with a big knife switch
and a Van de Graff generator.
When properly connected
(sabotage is possible)
sparks crackle
spotlights on two sometimes-human
subjects in the jars
flash and if budgeting permits
change Technicolor to confirm
whose mind ended where.
How has that process changed
in sixty years?
Mainly that today it’s one-to-many
(one Opinion Leader, many followers)
and it’s accomplished
sparklessly and wirelessly
through Facebook-Meta
and it’s real.
Non-practicing atheist

