Was gonna say, we have proven that external stimulus can change the brain so yes in a broad sense we can mind control today.
Given enough time and research I'm confident we could understand how to influence the brain in more complicated ways.
We still don't really understand the brain though and it's perfectly possible that other things can influence it (gut bacteria?) so strictly sending stimulus to the brain might not be enough
According to one of the articles above the publishers operating profit last year was "only" $300m so that bonus would make the shareholders mad I guess.
Same. We have to get private equity out of homes, but telling people on the edges that they will get caught up is going to make it a tough sell. Even if we account for the example above, another family that wasn't on the edge of affordability might be after the change.
With something like this we may need to offer buybacks or short loved exemptions of some sort.
It's funny though, reading those books it seems that Michael Crichton has deep disdain for scientists.