6.10.2009

80's businesswomen eat your hearts out.

So, new invention. (It seems my world is filled with random little inventions) Discs to be slipped into the shoulder pads of your clothing that produce a holographic image of, well, anything. For advice. Moral dilemmas. Just like when people lie there are parts of the brain that light up if someone has a moral dilemma. Torn between two paths. The discs could monitor brain-wave activity (not as crazy as it seems, if you know what you're looking for) for these 'difficult decisions' and snap into action. Sure you could just look into yourself and, if you're perfect, pick out the right course of action. But if you have morality programmed into two "opposite" characters, each in a disc, then you could, quite literally, have a little angel and devil pop up. How often do we seem to need to outwardly hear the situation and it's lighter and darker sides before we grasp our own coordinates within it? People make bad decisions. Maybe if we were reminded on a more personal level of our moral compass we'd all stop being such hateful dicks.

I'm not a hateful dick or anything, and I don't often put myself in morally hazy territory. Of course I could say the same for a great many of you. But we all make mistakes from time to time.

It wouldn't have to the old devil/angel combo either though. Personally I would have just one, and it would be a little holographic David Bowie. Every time he'd pop up he'd have a different outfit from his plethora of ridiculous ensembles. Just a little Labyrinth-style David Bowie whispering in your ear desperately NOT to rob a convenience store. Hell, if I had this little contraption a week ago I bet I wouldn't even be WANTED by the police. The fuzz. The five-oh.

The device could be implemented by police. Imagine people on probation being forced to wear em'. Every time they think of doing something terrible their mom would pop up on their shoulder nagging at them to keep their shit together... Maybe that isn't such a good idea, actually.

Who says the biggest demand would be advice. Imagine shoulder-strippers.

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