Here is a playlist I put together from Ryan Singel's report in
Wired this month about I-Dosing.
From the article: "Kids around the country are getting high on the internet, thanks to MP3s that induce a state of ecstasy. And it could be a gateway drug leading teens to real-world narcotics. At least, that’s what Kansas News 9 is reporting about a phenomenon called “i-dosing,” which involves finding an online dealer who can hook you up with “digital drugs” that get you high through your headphones. And officials are taking it seriously."
The playlist includes the News report, followed by a brief clip of one teenager shockingly listening to one of the MP3s, and then lastly (break out your headphones and turn off the lights!), I included a nine-and-a-half minute "Sample" of a digital "I-Dosing" drug for you to experience for yourself.
Of course, if kids get addicted, they could end up listening to
Steve Reich, Janet Cardiff's
Killing Machine, or <gasp>
Philip Glass!
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vlsdsays...I tried this stuff before, and it tends to either put me to sleep and/or give me a bad headache. basically the same as watching tv, except less indoctrinating.
NordlichReiterBullshit.
Drugs? It is not a drug. A drug is a substance that is absorbed into the body.
Where's the goddamn science on this? This is a lot of bullshit, rampant stupidity abounds in the US.
It's just fucking sounds. Any sounds can fuck up your inner ear, hearing and sense of balance. Drugs? Bullshit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug
kymbosWon't somebody think of the children?
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shogunkaisays...Meh, I just tried it, and it was nothing too special. It's kind of like hypnosis, you have to surrender yourself to it and be willing. No matter how I tried to do it, I still knew that nothing much was happening.
GallowflakAre you fucking serious? Why don't they stop wasting their Goddamned time and report on something that does actually destroy lives, families and communities like, oh, meth? Shit, if I could get a mind-altering MP3 that wasn't the Residents I'd be ecstatic. That bottle of Bundaberg cost me $50.
lauraThis is hilarious...not the binaural beats, but the paranoia and the latching on to "one more thing to look out for" ~
when, oh WHEN will parents wake up to the "forbidden fruit" concept?
Incidentally, this "technology" has been around FOREVER. Check out Peruvian Whistling Vessels
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