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b'Universal Basic Happiness, Part 2\\n\\nAs we continue our discussion of possible solutions to various inequalities, Phil outlines one possible way e could make everybody -- that\\u2019s EVERYBODY -- completely happy.\\n\\nWireheading: This Strange Experiment from the 1950s Wired Pleasure Directly Into the Brain\\n\\nIn the early 1950s, some very odd experiments were being performed at Tulane University in Louisiana. Dr. Robert G. Heath found that he could manipulate the pleasure and pain centers of the brain by surgically placing electrodes deep inside.\\n\\nIs it time to turn this into a universally available solution?\\n\\nWouldn\\u2019t it solve all other inequalities? We could all live in hovels eating gruel every day.\\n\\nAnd we\\u2019d be happy!\\n\\nBut first we might want to face these rather difficult questions:\\n\\nWould we be useful?\\n\\nWould our lives still be meaningful?\\n\\nAlternatively, virtual reality could open up new avenues of subjective experience without rewiring our brains.\\n\\nCan VR compensate for sex inequality and\\xa0income inequality?\\n\\nOn its own, VR will probably never wipe out all those problems. However, VR is actually a subset of a bigger phenomenon. Next time, we\\u2019ll look at that bigger phenomenon.\\n\\nWT 434-747\\n\\nEternity Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License |\\xa0creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\\n\\nImage from Pixabay.com.'