https://www.sap.com/resources/what-is-digital-sovereignty
People might eventually become like lab mice in a maze. Then, what if a lab or corporation considers you as their property.
News & popular culture & observing various ideas & Sci-Fi concepts that become a technological reality. What is reality in general? Some say that it's all part of a cosmic simulation.
https://www.sap.com/resources/what-is-digital-sovereignty
People might eventually become like lab mice in a maze. Then, what if a lab or corporation considers you as their property.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/53107/why-do-people-say-moon-made-cheese
https://www.cheeseprofessor.com/blog/cheese-moon-myth-science
https://blogs.esa.int/orion/2022/11/18/the-moon-is-it-really-made-of-cheese/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biker_Mice_from_Mars
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0147752/
https://bikermice.fandom.com/wiki/Biker_Mice_from_Mars
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biker_Mice_from_Mars_(2006_TV_series)
https://aiptcomics.com/2025/03/06/oni-biker-mice-from-mars-june-2025/
https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Mice
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/1MmQjXrkwp98jNdc17j3tr3/mice
https://aliens.fandom.com/wiki/Mouse_(The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_(film)
From little mice to the new and improved Woolly Mammoth, some day, perhaps not that far away.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/04/genetically-modified-woolly-mice-mammoth
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00684-1
Splice is an interesting horror movie about creating composite or hybrid life-forms.
https://www.austinchronicle.com/events/film/2010-06-04/splice
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splice_(film)#Plot
"In the near future there’s a RePet store in every mall that will clone your dead pet for you, but human cloning, although technically possible, has been outlawed." https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-6th-day-2000
The 6th Day - RePet Infomercial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtoLvF_TlSA
The 6th Day (2000) Official Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VP44dGIi9c
Video for Alice Cooper Clones from the 1980 album 'Flush the Fashion' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1h38gC23bw
Of course nothing can go wrong, because that would potentially become a Cloning+Horror situation.
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=mouse
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/blog/groundhogs-facts/
Hardly like cute little mice, these are big animals that really like to GNAW.
https://www.britannica.com/animal/groundhog
https://www.hww.ca/wildlife/mammals/woodchuck/
https://www.tn.gov/twra/wildlife/mammals/medium/woodchuck.html
https://www.wionews.com/videos/researchers-study-mice-brains-with-vr-goggles
Mouse VR, WTH?
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/15/health/video/mouse-vr-headset-alzheimers-research-ldn-digvid
https://phys.org/news/2024-12-mice-headsets-easier-brain-response.html
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41592-024-02540-y
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pose_tracking#Optical_tracking
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head-up_display
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head-up_display#Further_development_and_experimental_uses
Mouse Droid | Robot Chicken https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbBdixsqC3U
What Do Mouse Droids Actually Do? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aacaSFfo4s
This seems like its almost from a Sci-Fi story.
Hopefully, they will never get as big as cars and as ferocious as tigers.
https://www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news/carnivorous-feeding-squirrels-documented-california
They just seem to be interested in eating smaller rodents, just like rats will occasionally eat mice.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/18/science/california-squirrels-carnivorous-eating-voles/index.html
Are people next? Not likely, but that is part of a Sci-Fi story.
https://people.com/new-evidence-reveals-california-squirrels-are-carnivorous-8763694
https://www.space.com/spiders-mars-inca-city-satellite-photo
Mars has been the inspiration of a lot of things in popular culture over the years. Especially, the Spiders from Mars and mice...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rise_and_Fall_of_Ziggy_Stardust_and_the_Spiders_from_Mars , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou8uLo3Ke6U , https://www.davidbowie.com/ziggy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_on_Mars_(song) , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZKcl4-tcuo ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_on_Mars_(song)#Lyrics
To the girl with the mousy hair
It's on America's tortured brow
That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow
See the mice in their million hordes
https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/davidbowie/lifeonmars.html
Such a classic song with a few mouse references in it.
Eventually, there was the cartoon, Biker_Mice_from_Mars. From interplanetary mice to intergalactic mice.
https://aliens.fandom.com/wiki/Mouse_(The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8aYRMtlZKg
Are These AMERICAN States are DYING? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBg1BFFyUjo
Why NOBODY Lives in these 9 EMPTY States https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTRSclDfJMQ
Why 50% of Americans Live in these 9 OVERCROWDED States https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vrAKD8ZPPI
California has more people than Canada & Texas has more people than Australia. Yet, California still has plenty of wilderness. Texas still has plenty of wide open natural spaces.
There is a gradual push to get more people accustomed to the Smart_City lifestyle of urban conformity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_city#Characteristics
https://www.twi-global.com/technical-knowledge/faqs/what-is-a-smart-city#
Ultimately, every move could be tracked & scored with various forms of technology.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_city#Technologies Contact tracing could easily be adapted & used as an excuse for just about anything. A world based AI run Carbon Credit Quota (CCQ) could easily be used to control people like mice in a maze. What a horrible world, if people had to constantly ask their AI Access Device (AIAD) permission to do just about anything.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_city#Chinese_enterprises
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_city#Criticism An imposed world Social Obedience Conformity score (world SOC score) would be an ideal human herd management tactic from the various governmental Sock_Puppets.
Of course there should be safeguards to ensure that all this tech doesn't become a human herd, global totalitarian management system. Otherwise, the world might become like a series of interconnected Black_Mirror episodes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mirror#Premise
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_on_Zanzibar (1968)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan's_Run (1967)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_Room!_Make_Room! (1966)
High Technology shouldn't mean that humanity be eventually transformed into a Borg like management and control system. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borg#Depiction
All it would take is for one James_Bond movie villain type to devise a way for everyone to submit to a worldwide SOC management system.
https://blogs.idc.com/2024/02/19/the-future-of-next-gen-ai-smartphones
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Labyrinth:_THX_1138_4EB
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/THX_1138#Plot ending https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atMdf0rhbpI
Unfortunately, in a worldwide Carbon Credit Quota system, humans could easily become managed and extremely controlled.
"And then: a ladder. THX clasps the rebar rungs and begins the long ascent. The androids are not far behind, THX more aware than most of his pursuers’ irradiated hearts, powering their conviction and inexhaustible drive. And then, suddenly, they stop. At 3,410 units, Central Command has ruled that the expense of THX’s capture now exceeds the allocated budget." https://filmschoolrejects.com/thx-1138-ending-explained
https://aliens.fandom.com/wiki/Mouse_(The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy)
Douglas_Adams sure created quite an entertaining story, all those years ago.
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/475365-these-creatures-you-call-mice-you-see-they-are-not
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/801363-the-mice-were-furious-oh-yes-said-the-old
https://sites.bu.edu/ombs/2013/04/02/dont-panic-mice-arent-actually-the-smartest/
https://blogbyspkrm.weebly.com/blog/mice-intelligence
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/hitchhikers/guide/mice.shtml
https://builtin.com/artificial-intelligence/artificial-intelligence-automotive-industry
The dream of having Self-driving vehicles has been around for decades.
https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/definition/driverless-car
The ever advancing tech has made this dream become a reality, sort of.
How AI is driving the autonomous vehicle revolution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkAh2QiBn_w , https://www.youtube.com/c/IBMTechnology/videos
https://medium.datadriveninvestor.com/artificial-intelligence-and-autonomous-vehicles-ae877feb6cd2
Then eventually if AI has determined that you have used up too many carbon credits for the week, you might have to stay home for the next few days.
https://greenerideal.com/news/environment/track-your-carbon-footprint-pros-and-cons Several people already like the idea of being constantly tracked and monitored. They seem to want a world where one has to constantly get permission to almost do anything.
If people aren't careful, they could just become like mice in a laboratory maze where you might even have to seek permission just to spin on the hamster wheel.
AI and environmental management for the human herd should never be allowed to take over the world. That is unless most people want to have a BORG like planet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biker_Mice_from_Mars September 19, 1993.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biker_Mice_from_Mars#Characters
Space mice and mice in general seem to appear in lots of fiction.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biker_Mice_from_Mars_(2006_TV_series)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/11/30/are-there-mice-on-mars
What is it about the mouse that is depicted in so much entertainment?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse_on_Mars
"The U.S. Navy has confirmed it has more UFO videos — but claims releasing them could be dangerous" https://www.salon.com/2022/09/12/releasing-ufo-footage-would-damage-national-security-navy-claims
The world is an old isolated place. Is it someone's farm, laboratory or zoo? Or, is it part of a cosmic school? There are the various World_religions and concepts like, Panspermia. People have been trying to explain reality and existence for a very long time.
A War_in_Heaven or a war in the cosmic heavens? https://www.openbible.info/topics/war_in_heaven
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Bible-Verses-About-War-In-Heaven/
https://groups.google.com/g/soc.culture.indian/c/HLFWeEEtDFg?pli=1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_mythological_wars
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahabharata
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_religious_groups#Largest_religious_groups
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_religions_and_spiritual_traditions
https://www.livescience.com/navy-ufo-videos-national-security-threat
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary_protection#Mars_special_regions
Are humans no more than lab mice to something else?
https://www.independent.co.uk/space/us-navy-ufo-national-security-b2165156.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_(radio_series)
Of course mice had to be a key part of the story.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Adams#The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/1MmQjXrkwp98jNdc17j3tr3/mice#
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03v379k
https://www.clivebanks.co.uk/THHGTTG/THHGTTGradio4.htm
https://www.shmoop.com/study-guides/literature/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy/benjy-frankie
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/475365-these-creatures-you-call-mice-you-see-they-are-not
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/801363-the-mice-were-furious-oh-yes-said-the-old
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_(film)
https://humanehollywood.org/production/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-the
Over the years, mice have been featured in various stories. What is it about the mouse thats in books, movies and on TV?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aacaSFfo4s
The WEIRD HISTORY OF.... MSE-6 Mouse Droid Lore - Star+Wars Canon & Legends Explained https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQlrXPj6Gkk
The Mouse Droid That Cleaned Up After Darth Vader https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3UcgFlmgdg
Scared Mouse | Robot_Chicken: Star Wars Special | Adult Swim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHZTZyd7sOw
https://www.gematsu.com/2022/09/the-spirit-and-the-mouse-launches-september-26
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1679210
https://thespiritandthemouse.com , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cerzCNxNZQs , https://www.youtube.com/user/armorgames/videos , https://twitter.com/SpiritAndMouse
To many people, mice are just pests, but in small numbers, mice can be great pets. They are so friendly and smart.
https://www.youtube.com/c/MiceEnrichment , https://www.youtube.com/c/CreekValleyCritters
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rescuers_(book)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rescuers 1977
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rescuers_Down_Under 1990
Scared Mouse | Robot Chicken: Star Wars Special | Adult Swim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHZTZyd7sOw
Unfortunately, having your hamster or other pets killed and replaced with digital versions, doesn't really bring them back.
https://fortune.com/2022/01/21/hong-kong-hamster-cull-covid-nft-resurrect-pets-online
Sure people will have pictures and videos of their pets, but once they have died, that's it for them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_simulation_game#Digital_pets
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/01/20/hong-kong-hamsters-covid
"The day Hong Kong decided to kill 2,000 of the cuddly creatures to fall in line with China’s zero-Covid policy marks a new, dystopian low." https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-01-19/killing-hamsters-drives-hong-kong-to-new-low-in-meeting-china-s-zero-covid-dream
The 6th Day - RePet TV Spot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOBjNo5sIgI
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Artificial+Animals+and+Digital+Pets
OLD is another bizarre movie where people are trapped at a location for nefarious reasons.
https://collider.com/how-to-watch-old-online-m-night-shyamalan-movies-streaming-where
https://www.old.movie https://www.old.movie/synopsis https://twitter.com/oldthemovie
https://collider.com/old-review-m-night-shyamalan , https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/648293/m-night-shyamalan-movies-facts
https://www.vulture.com/article/old-movie-review-m-night-shyamalans-new-horror-film.html
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/old-movie-review-2021
https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/m-night-shyamalan-old-movie-review-1201292
"With only the now-adult Maddox and Trent remaining by the next morning, Trent revisits a secret message given to him by the manager's nephew, which he deduces is connected to an underwater coral passage. Suspecting that the passage will allow him and Maddox to not lose consciousness while leaving the beach, he and his sister start swimming through the coral. After they fail to emerge from the water, a resort employee monitoring them reports that the entire group has died.
It is revealed that the resort is a front for a research team conducting clinical trials of new medical drugs, with guests suffering from conditions being used as unwitting test subjects. Since the beach naturally accelerates the lives of the guests, the researchers have been able to complete the drugs' lifetime trials within a day. The researchers move forward with luring a new group to the beach but are interrupted by the arrival of Trent and Maddox, who survived their underwater swim. Using the notebook as evidence of several guests going missing, the siblings are able to bring the police to the resort. Once the researchers are arrested, Trent and Maddox head home to live with their aunt, uncertain of their future." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_(film)#Plot
The people on that beach have essentially become like lab animals.
Like OLD, The_Cabin_in_the_Woods has a bunch of people running around like lab mice trapped in a maze."The lab workers learn that the rite in Japan has also failed, meaning that the American rite is "humanity's last hope". Curt, Holden, and Dana attempt to escape in their RV, but Sitterson triggers a tunnel collapse to block them. Curt attempts to jump a ravine on his motorcycle to seek help on the other side, but crashes into a force field and falls to his death. Holden and Dana realize that their experience is staged and controlled. As they try to escape in the RV, Holden is killed by a zombie, and Dana is attacked once the RV crashes into the lake.
The lab employees, seeing that Dana is the only survivor, celebrate the success of the rite, but are interrupted by a phone call from "The Director," revealing that Marty is still alive. Marty saves Dana and takes her to a hidden elevator he discovered. They descend into the lab and discover a large collection of different monsters locked in cages. Dana correlates them with the objects in the cabin's cellar and realizes that the objects determine which monsters are released. Cornered by security personnel, the pair trigger a "Purge" button and release all the monsters, which wreak havoc and slaughter the staff; Hadley is killed by a merman while Dana accidentally stabs Sitterson to death.
Dana and Marty flee and discover an ancient temple, where they are confronted by The Director. She explains that worldwide annual rituals of human sacrifice are held to appease the Ancient Ones, a group of cruel subterranean deities. Each region has its own ritual, and the American ritual involves the sacrifice of five slasher film archetypes.." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cabin_in_the_Woods#Plot
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/560199/facts-about-the-cabin-in-the-woods
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-cabin-in-the-woods-2012
The Underground Cube Scene of monsters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvcoqDme4oQ , https://thecabininthewoods.fandom.com/wiki/Monsters
The movie CUBE is also about people that are trapped.
"...a night in the pines."
"Whispering Pines"
https://spillmagazine.com/spill-live-review-lord-huron-alive-from-whispering-pines-episode-4-of-4-virtual-event
Meet Me in the Woods · Lord Huron https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJOsLdBqbPA , https://www.youtube.com/user/LordHuronOfficial/videos
This song was written and produced years after the release of, The_Cabin_in_the_Woods. Yet, its as if it was written to match
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cabin_in_the_Woods#Lawsuit ,
https://screenrant.com/little-white-trip-cabin-woods-lawsuit-explained
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Lake+Monster