In this post on turbulence, one Lauren McCarthy has devised a hat containing a "smile detector" and a metal spike which drills into your head if you begin to frown.
This was too bizarre not to write about. Can you say coercion? This headgear unintentionally (or perhaps intentionally) speaks to elements of society we don't fully notice, where people are perhaps forced or at least coerced by society to wear a smile at all times. After all, if you smile at the world, the world smiles back. What happens if we stop smiling?
More info here: http://lauren-mccarthy.com/happinesshat/
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