Back in the golden age of tinfoil hat "theory" the concern was that they are stealing my thoughts. Well , welcome to the new world, where it is so much easier implanting thoughts to tell you what to think, what to do, what to buy, WHO to beleive in, where to go, and when to do it all. We are all exposed daily to overt obvious methods of influence so pervasive that it just accepted as normal. Do not go through life with your eyes closed sleepwalking and distracted, blindly following the heard. You life, your future, your choice, so choose wisely.

We are in a resources boom from data, information, knowledge, skill, understanding, wisdom, AI. The downside is that we are the resource not the beneficiary. The modern trinkets and shiny objects of desire are tools of the masters. They provide instant gratification and addiction to maintain compliance and control. Many of these devices have other functions that may be to our detriment. While these functions will not be obvious, except for those "skilled in the art", they are there. Many of these unknown device functions will be synergystic in nature, aparently benign if examind in isolation, but when operated in a coordinated and controled manner very powerful to those in control. The newer support infrasturcture created for these objects of desire is far worse than the devices themselves, allowing access to those without shiny trinkets.