Not really, but if anyone's going to tear into this topic, I'd love to hear Seth's take.

A Wired News report describes how zombie advertisers want to eat your brain:

"The nascent research, known as "neuromarketing," could one day lead to new advertising strategies that directly stimulate hard-wired mental reflexes rather than appealing to fuzzy consumer attitudes...Earlier this month, Stanford University researchers reported that they've pinpointed the parts of the brain that handle two major parts of a choice -- figuring out how nifty something is and then calculating how likely it is that you'll get it..."

It gets scarier:

"...At stake is more than just greater understanding of the brain's mysterious inner workings and boons for advertisers. In the wildest dreams of researchers, their findings could help political leaders fine-tune how they make choices about everything from geopolitics to government finances."

Let us be thankful we have commerce, THX-1138. Buy more. Buy more now. Buy more and be happy...