Wearable tech promises mood-on-demand with DIY ECT

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How could this possibly go wrong. It's not like the brain is a complicated organ that operates diferently between two different people. It's not like something as simple as Dopamine can affect two people very differently.

Oh, wait, it can. How long until this either causes permanent damage, or alters someone's mood in a profoundly negative way.

I'im being a bit pessamistic (and OMG the sky is falling), but this just doesn't seem like an appropriate technology for a startup: too much liability if or when something goes wrong.

Honestly, (and definitely n=1 sample size... possibly n=2 with some corroboration with my other friend). I suffered from some pretty bad depression issues back in highschool. The standard is to just throw anti-depressents at you until one sticks. I also hated taking them and would stop abruptly (definitely not a good idea). I'm very certain it caused some lasting issues (my brain just feels slower/less snappy to get things than it did before the treatments). My other friend got it way worse (lots of ED problems in his early 20s).

So honestly, I wouldn't be too hard on your own conclusions.

Cool idea, but I'd be really wary of the long term effects to be one of the first people using it.

They used to call that "music" in my day.

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