Part 10/12:
Looking ahead, the conversation shifts to emerging technologies like neural links and augmented reality. The speakers express mixed feelings—recognizing the incredible potential for improvement in health and perception but also warning against the dangerous trend toward mind-control, surveillance, and loss of agency.
They discuss the importance of decentralizing the internet, citing federated systems like Mastodon as alternatives to big tech’s monopolies, allowing communities to control their content and interactions without corporate or government interference.
They advocate for education in open-source hardware, server management, and ethical data handling—a move towards restoring individual sovereignty in the digital age.