fact that technology is part of our bodies. Electric technology is 
directly related to our central nervous systems, so it is 
ridiculous to talk of “what the public wants” played over its 
own nerves. This question would be like asking people what sort 
of sights and sounds they would prefer around them in an 
urban metropolis! Once we have surrendered our senses and 
nervous systems to the private manipulation of those who 
would try to benefit from taking a lease on our eyes and ears 
and nerves, we don’t really have any rights left. Leasing our 
eyes and ears and nerves to commercial interests is like 
handing over the common speech to a private corporation, or 
like giving the earth’s atmosphere to a company as a 
monopoly. Something like this has already happened with outer 
space, for the same reasons that we have leased our central 
nervous systems to various corporations. As long as we adopt 
the Narcissus attitude of regarding the extensions of our own