I am a hacker and systems architect specializing in data analytics and human computer interfaces.
In an homage to the Television Apocalypse, Youtube is showing classic television shows like The Outer Limits. It's excellent psychodrama. Here's a transcript from episode 1008 titled The Human Factor.
Man: if this machine works it will be possible for two minds to communicate directly. To share the same thoughts and emotions simultaneously. Woman: emotions? Man: psychiatrists think the intellect is a useful but devious trait. this machine will let me know what the subject is really feeling, way down underneath the intellect. Woman: I'm not sure I want to go through with it. Man: be a good girl. (pats her on the shoulder patronizingly) Man: take a look at the oscilliscope. Woman: Huh. Well you can't tell too much from that, can you? Man: Not too much. But in a moment I may know what you really think. because I intend to amplify those waves and feed them back to a machine into a terminal instrument which is capable of translating them back into the thoughts and emotions that produced them. and that terminal instrument is my own brain. Now relax, I'm bringing up the power.