The enduring popularity of the "Mind Control" trope in media—from The Manchurian Candidate to Inception —stems from a fundamental human anxiety:
In the 21st century, "theatre" has expanded beyond the proscenium arch. Your smartphone screen is a stage. Your social media feed is a script. Mind Control Theatre argues that if a hacker can take control of your computer, a sufficiently skilled performer can take temporary control of your neural architecture. Mind Control Theatre