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The internet is taking over a person’s life for Halloween. And you can be a part of it.

via MIT Technology Review

Oct. 31, 2018

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Tonight, you can take control of someone else. Well, you and a few hundred people can. The MIT Media Lab will be performing a Halloween experiment to put the internet hive mind to the test. And it will require one mystery actor to surrender free will to that crowd. 

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