The forces of human destiny are foursome and fearsome..

• +..experimental ambient


• +..dub techno


• +.. post rock

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Tom, Dick, and Harry, distant cousins of Victor and Arthur, had a different experience. Tom was programed to press a lever in order to avoid getting an electric shock, and as a reward he would get a pellet of food. Dick was programed the same way, except that his treat was a drink of alcohol. Harry was also programed to avoid the unpleasant shock, and his reward was a pleasant shock instead. Then they were switched around so that in the long run all three of them learned all three of the programs. After that, they were put in a cage with three levers: one for food, one for alcohol, and one for the pleasant shock. Then each one could make his own ‘decision’ as to how he wanted to spend his life: eating,eating, lying in a drunken stupor, or getting electric thrills, or any combination or alternation of these. Furthermore, there was a treadmill in the new cage, and each one could decide whether he wanted to take exercise along with his other rewards.
Berne, Eric M.D