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"What television does is rent us friends and relatives who are quite satisfactory. This is quite something, to rent artificial friends and relatives right inside the house."
- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
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| Mind-Shield | ||
| A mental defense or barrier that prevents access to one brain by another person or device. |
As far as I know, this is the first use of the term, if not the concept.
| "You will lower your mind shield. Of course, I don't expect absolutely free access to your brain. I have no objection to your controlling your thoughts on a narrow range all around the subject. But your shield must go down - now! |
| Technovelgy from Slan,
by A.E. van Vogt. Published by Astounding Science Fiction in 1940 Additional resources -
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You can find a similar idea in Gray Lensman, the 1942 novel by E.E. 'Doc' Smith - namely, the thought-screen.
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