Like Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove, those affected by alien hand syndrome lose control over the movements of their autonomously acting hand. There is a disconnect, a loss of a sense of agency. I feel this in my everyday life. As my head is picking an organic apple, my hands are reaching through a variety of irresponsible business practices, backed by our government, such as blocking access to alternative forms of energy, delivering my apple in a truck, fueled by oil.

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