*Vernor Vinge speculates on the application of [[technology]] to achieve brainwashing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbows_End Rainbows End] (ISBN 0-312-85684-9), portraying separately the dangers of JITT (Just-in-time training) and the specter of YGBM (You gotta believe me). This picks up on themes of "mindrot" and controlled "Focus" in Vinge's 1999 [[novel]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Deepness_in_the_Sky A Deepness in the Sky]. | *Vernor Vinge speculates on the application of [[technology]] to achieve brainwashing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbows_End Rainbows End] (ISBN 0-312-85684-9), portraying separately the dangers of JITT (Just-in-time training) and the specter of YGBM (You gotta believe me). This picks up on themes of "mindrot" and controlled "Focus" in Vinge's 1999 [[novel]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Deepness_in_the_Sky A Deepness in the Sky]. |