>>16902714The 21st century pitcher plant.
I think there will be many classifications of patterns, techniques, and technologies that will be viewed as a form of psychological intoxicant in the very near future. I think the awareness of it is the beginning of the end for those methods being successful in the large scale though. I'm definitely an optimist and think we will find a way out of this without ending up zombies or dead in the face of some godlike AI.