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Know your customer. It's the deacto business mantra of our modern era. Collect enough information on everyone's web browsing and social media habits. Listen to what they talk about when they believe they're alone. And feed the data into a network of computers so complex that computer scientists aren't even sure how it works at all anymore.
This complex neural network of computers, data, and programs are then linked to nearly all of us through the apps and web services that we use on a daily basis, spitting out products, content, and suggestions, catered to individual desires better than anything that has ever been done before.
keeping the masses glued and engaged on their phones, tablets, and desktops like nobody's business. And have been specifically designed to manipulate our thoughts and feelings in order to keep us using the apps longer, get our friends and family engaging, and spend more money in the process. This is our current reality.
And what's more interesting, the business model is wildly successful and most people don't even know that they're a part of it. Where does humanity go from here? A cyberpunk dystopia. As technology continues to advance, there is concern growing in the minds of those who have freed themselves from the Matrix long enough to realize that there is an issue.
As technology continues to evolve and humans become more integrated with it, the line seems to blur between what is real and what is not. Then again, if all of reality is an illusion anyways, does it even matter? Let us begin our exploration with the software that currently exists today that begins to blur the lines between reality and illusion.
Deep fakes. Technology is just now reaching a point where we can produce videos of just about anyone saying or doing things that they otherwise wouldn't say. >> President Trump is a total and complete >> Granted, this technology is still in its infancy. And while that clip itself can easily be identified as a fake, every day as it improves, it becomes more and more difficult to tell the difference between deep fake and reality.
Even today, it's being used in nefarious ways, including making porn videos of celebrities by taking their faces and applying them to other bodies. As time goes on, we may exist in a world where across the internet could exist countless videos of famous people, celebrities, politicians, all saying things that they would never otherwise say.
And what happens when it gets so good that nobody can tell the difference? the real and fake versions arguing over which one is authentic. But of course, this is only the beginning of our technological conspiracies and how we slowly lose touch with our world as we enter into new ones. One of the biggest growing concerns in the world is the belief that the powers that be are attempting to control everyone through advanced microchip technology.
For while each of our mobile devices already track and monitor us, the microchips could be used to monitor and potentially even manipulate thoughts and emotions on a mass level, just like Facebook and Google are already doing today. The powers that be wouldn't just be watching you on the outside. They'd be able to monitor everything inside, everything about you, down to what you think about.
This technology combined with an AI that can associate complex combinations of states within your physiology, predicting future behaviors and affecting our perception and decision-m processes, a very scary and possible reality becomes available to us. One where we integrate with technology. As we know, this is already happening on some level right now with the algorithms actively recording everything you search and serving it back to you on a silver platter.
This, however, would be a far more invasive integration. And what's even crazier to consider is that people would do it voluntarily. You see, very few people are going to just allow this technology to be embedded in their bodies just so that the government can monitor them. Rather, just like with cell phones today, the microchip will be a no-brainer for people who are willing to receive the benefits of this tech.
And the exchange, intimate access to your personal information, everything you see, think, feel, touch, taste, and so on. But what kind of benefits would there be? Well, at the earliest level, which Elon Musk has already announced with Neurolink, is that by connecting a very few tiny wires directly into your brain, they could theoretically overwrite neural patterns of depression, anxiety, and even help heal spinal problems, among other things.
But in the grand scheme of things, and with a great deal of innovation, where this technology seems to go is into the realm of having a sort of telepathic link to the internet. When you have a question, instead of pulling out your phone and searching for the answers on the internet, you can access all of the information instantaneously about anything that you want.
For otherswith the implant, you may find yourself connecting to others in a pseudo teleelpathic kind of way where your thoughts and feelings could be personally shared with others in real time, communicating beyond words, but with a language of images, pictures, and even sharing experiences. This would allow you to connect with others both mentally and empathically as well, which could bring people closer together.
This would fundamentally change the education system, too. For who needs school when you have instant access to every bit of information known to mankind right there in your mind? This chip could theoretically support you in downloading information thousands, if not millions of times faster than reading or watching documentaries.
Much like Neo in the Matrix, downloading a lifetime worth of fighting techniques and becoming a kung fu master in a single day. This level of integration could be possible with this kind of technology. Imagine if you wanted to become an amazing artist or learn everything there is to learn about programming, quantum mechanics, or even becoming a professional accountant or lawyer.
So, why not just spend an afternoon or evening downloading and installing courses directly into your mind? You could theoretically condense 6 years of intense university studies into a weekend and have the exact same level of knowledge or even greater knowledge compared to someone who took the time to learn it the old-fashioned way.
And as more and more people integrate with technology, it may even lead to a collective hive mind where everyone's own brains become processors for a collective consciousness shared amongst all integrated people. On the one hand, it's very much like the Borg from Star Trek, but on the other hand, it seems to relate with many ancient writings such as the hermetic texts as well as ideas that people like Steven Greer have put forward.
The idea that there is only one consciousness and while all of our bodies appear separate and perceive disconnection from one another, ultimately we're all sharing the same consciousness within the source field. The advent of this kind of technology would have earthshattering implications for all of us and life would never be the same.
A sense of personal boundaries and privacy disappears as we become more open and interconnected in mind and body. But again, as wonderful as some of these ideas sound, the conspiracy remains. Who programmed the AI that links into our minds? And much like Facebook and Google operating today, would this mental tech dissolve our personalities, losing our individuality and making us more like robots? When all of us are connected in this kind of way, the lines of reality blur further, and we are called to ask, who are we really? Yet, the microchip technology is really
only the beginning for how we might connect through tech. Because where things could go are directly into the realms of something straight out of a sci-fi movie. Let us start with some rather inconspicuous innovations that could change the landscape of the world in a massive way. Perhaps one day, let's say scientists and engineers complete a prototype for an artificial eye for blind people.
One simple surgery and it's a miracle. People who have been blind their whole lives suddenly have the gift of sight. But it won't stop there, though. Suddenly, these people can see wavelengths of light that normal eyes can't. Have an integrated zoom feature, giving them binocular eyes, and even have an augmented reality display directly in their inner vision.
These people could literally play PokΓ©mon Go anywhere without a phone, literally seeing PokΓ©mon all over the place. When cyborgs can not only see but see better than someone with normal eyes, even people with fine eyesight will want this upgrade and a new generation of upgraded humans begins. Even on a less invasive level, we have the ideas like the digital contact lens depicted in the new Brave New World series, which is a contact that hooks into receptors in the back of your eye, giving you a direct mental and visual
link to everyone else in society. This could happen with prosthetics, too. And in a way, it already is, although the tech is still in its infancy. If someone loses or breaks their legs or arms in a terrible accident, they can one day get bionic limbs that are more powerful and capable than any normal body part, giving them super strength or super speed, at least up to the limits of what the rest of the biological body can handle.
When this tech is available, of course, some people will opt to have their arms or legs replaced by bionic body parts. This may even be especially popular in top secret super soldier experiments done by militaries of the world, if they're not already doing it. Ideas like this have also been made popular in pop culture, such as with the cyborg in Treasure Planet or Ed Elrich from Full Metal Alchemist.
But speaking now to integrated experiences, let us shift our focus fora moment to consider VR. It's not impossible to think that something like the Oasis from Ready Player 1 could be right around our doorstep, a massive multiplayer online universe that puts you into the experience through VR technology.
This could and likely would lead to a form of mass exodus from real life as people begin shifting their lives into this digital realm. Why go to work in an office when you can work from any conceivable place in the universe? And then instead of spending time with friends at the bar after work, why not go hunting dragons together? Instead of playing racing games on your iPad, why not go and actually experience a race yourself? Completely immersive, yet safe from the comfort of your home.
With all of the suffering in the world and the fantastic possibilities offered by VR, some people might seek out a life spent mostly or even totally in game. And while everyone is inside of the game, what would happen to the real world? If we are not careful, we may end up with a reality like Ready Player 1 with massive slums taking over as people spend less and less time in the physical dimension.
Why bother fixing the real world when the in-game world is always perfect, beautiful, or at least exactly as it's designed to be? But even this is not the end. And the lines around what is real begins to blur until you can't even see the line anymore. One day, it may even become possible to transport your entire consciousness into a game.
This concept was demonstrated powerfully by a show called Sword Art Online in which a VR headset allowed individuals to leave their body behind as they enter into an entirely virtual reality. Your body is unconscious. You're not even aware of it. And you experience reality as if you are physically running around in Azeroth or Minecraft, Hyrule, or literally anywhere that you want as anyone that you want.
Recently, this idea was also portrayed in an episode of Black Mirror with a next level VR headset that is just a little disc that you put on the side of your head and it transports your consciousness into a video game. As you enter into a world where you can literally do anything like fly, use magic, go on epic quests, or even just spend an entire summer fishing by a beautiful lake in paradise.
The question becomes, why spend any time in the physical world at all? Do you want to have a super powerful body or a super sexy one? How do you want your face to look? You can customize it to your liking freely. Since this technology would connect directly to your brain, it could even stimulate sensations like getting drunk, taking psychedelics, or rewiring your thinking patterns to be however you want.
If the only concern of having to unplug is eating and going to the bathroom, then undoubtedly someone will create a technology that makes it so that that isn't even an issue and you will truly never have to leave. One might also wonder exactly what would happen to your physical body if you were to rewire your consciousness and brain inside of the game world.
Would it change your body appearance at all? A mass exodus from the physical world would create tremendous changes within humanity as part of the human race strives to live in this new world and another part rebelss against it or simply cannot afford to play the game. Further, once brain integration happens and mass data is collected on people's reactions to certain stimuli or events, the artificial intelligence could skillfully filter and alter your perception in reality or completely guide your experience in VR so that you
rarely if ever have a desire to stop using it. All this technology, especially putting your consciousness into a game, will at some point give the game creators an awareness of everything about you, your thoughts, your feelings, your choices, and it would allow anyone with the knowhow to monitor you on a very intimate level.
And yet, most people will probably skip past the 50 to 100 pages of terms of service and press accept anyways because the ability to shoot fireballs and fly is waiting for them on the other side of the signup page. and seeing the pinnacle of all of this together. As humanity grows and becomes more advanced and can even create an entirely robot body, if we can transfer our consciousness, our thoughts and memories into a machine, then we could exist with a robot body just like Ultron himself.
When that day comes, we will be forced to ask what constitutes a human being. Now to some people this already sounds amazing and can't wait for the future. However, the conspiratorial aspect of this comes in the form of a question as we step into the next 100 years of change and beyond. Who is really running the show? The foundation of the internet as we know it is rooted in algorithms beyond anyone's understanding.
Designed almost entirely for the purpose of profit and marketing. Who controls these algorithms? Who dictates what we see? Currently, our attention is essentiallyopen to the highest bidder. But is it possible that the AI itself could take us all over? And if we are integrated into this collective mind, is it possible for someone to simply decide what we think and feel? Even when the internet was in its infant stages, people were fantasizing about free and open access to information.
revolutionizing the world. And while that tech did become available, social media has also come to the forefront and allowed some of our worst primal instincts like tribalism and manipulation to resurface with greater strength than ever before. To go deeper into this, we must acknowledge that we're all responsible for our own behavior.
But as far as social media is concerned, how we use this technology is also beholden to those who created it. In a recent Netflix documentary called The Social Dilemma, several ex employees of many social media tech giants like Google, Facebook, Instagram, and more sat down to reveal what they had inadvertently created with this pioneering technology, a monster.
They explained that they have created a world in which billions of lives are affected by the decisions of a small number of programmers. A social reality in which through the way that the apps and software work, it facilitates very small and subtle changes in the way that people think and feel. It's so subtle that you don't even know it's happening.
But the result is that most of us end up living inside of a delusional bubble, seeing only the content that we're already exposed to seeing. And this software can even help us create negative responses to people who believe anything different than us. The technologies they explained are designed specifically to get as much engagement out of you as possible, to get you spending more and more time and then more money just by browsing these social media sites.
Really take a moment to think about that. Every single thing that comes up on your own social media feed was put there by an algorithm that was trying to get you to keep scrolling to warm you up to spending money with an ad or continue to foster engagement by connecting with other people and bringing them back to the app, too. A supposedly leaked document from a marketing presentation for video games showed dozens of pages, plans, and methods to use AI and data collection on the target gamer to determine when they were more likely to buy in-game items
and aggressively market to them by displaying offers at those times. Audio captured by the devices revealed to the AI the gender and mood of the player and found that Wi-Fi signals could reveal their location, such as if the player is in the car or in their bedroom laying down.
The AI would also pick up mouse movements and typing speed, revealing levels of engagement, determining how best to serve these ads to the individuals. All of this data is fed into the AI and analyzed by the marketing team to exploit human psychology for the sake of selling virtual goods. The presentation goes as far as using voice tone analysis to determine when players are slightly, moderately, and severely depressed and then reduces the use of emotion-based advertisements and switches to logic-based advertisements which were shown to be more effective in a
depression. You can imagine what other tactics they might be using. And combined with their ability to manipulate the game to influence your state once you purchase more from their store, well, we weren't kidding when we said technology can be used to control us. Even if this presentation was fake, everything mentioned in it is well within the demonstrated power of AI today.
And if it hasn't been integrated yet, you better believe that someone is working towards it. One singular and perhaps most critical questions we can ask ourselves in relationship to this new technology is what is truth? How do we define and collectively agree on truth? Specifically, if we live in a world where no matter what you believe, you can always find support or evidence for the argument and perspectives that you hold.
Want to believe the earth is flat, round or hollow? You can find ample evidence for all three. Are you left-wing, right-wing, extreme center? It doesn't matter. On the internet, these ways of thinking are both the greatest and most logical and perfect way of thinking and the most destructive way of thinking that is destroying our beautiful planet all at the same time depending on who you ask.
Thus, the question of truth becomes a pertinent one. How do we collectively as a species find truth together? This is a question that we will revisit further down our path. Regarding the modern news and entertainment industry, we already know that the masses are manipulated daily to think and feel and respond in certain ways.
And with the insights offered in the social dilemma, it seems as though our social media is also encouraging us to begin behaving in hive mind mentality. This technology appears to cause us to stop becoming uniqueindividuals and become just a cog in a massive machine. And this is where there's a pending issue with the integration of technology.
What's to stop the AI from changing the nature of your being based on who's advertising to you in any given day on a deeper level than ever before? In the world today, as people have negative responses to news or events, this fuels more negativity around the issue. Not to mention, the news actively fuels more negative press and stories on a daily basis.
So that even if there's a lot of good in the world, the negative stories always seem to get more attention. Conspiratorally speaking, there is more and more evidence that shows that consciousness actively steers reality. That our focus and what we focus on dictates what kind of life we experience.
People with hope for the world are driven to create things. But people who focus on all the negative stuff in their life generally have more anxiety around things that happen and become stuck in their own fear. The Corona virus pandemic was a great example of this as we saw mass divisions from people wearing face masks and generally being scared of potentially spreading this thing and those who just relaxed into the quarantine and said all right we're here and I'm going to use this as an opportunity to create some meaningful change at least in my own
life and they did. If Facebook and Google are steering the mainstream narrative, then they ultimately have a massive influence in the direction that society goes. They could design their systems to create peace and prosperity in the world. But their core focus is profit, which is good for business.
So why would they change their business model? This couldn't have been made more evident by a personal quote from Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, who actually said, "What's good for the world isn't necessarily what's good for Facebook." Yes, he really said that. And he owns one of the largest companies in the world, influencing the lives of billions.
Even if humanity was connected digitally with all of this access to information such as consciousness integration and all that, unless you were actively looking to download and install books and wisdom into your mind, it's all too likely that the focus of our collective mind could be hijacked by advertisements, entertainment, or other things.
The exact same as how we are constantly distracted by social media today. And this could even be used to steer our species in the direction of whoever or whatever was pulling the strings. At this point, it almost appears as though this kind of technological integration is inevitable. And if you're conflicted about it, you're not alone. On the one hand, the ability to read every book you ever wanted to in days or learn more about yourself and the universe in such a short time or master kung fu is very appealing.
On the other hand, if your mind can be controlled or even forcefully steered in any direction by someone else, then is that really a paradigm that we want to be a part of? I imagine that there will be some big turning points for our species in the journey of development of this technology. But if we can learn to do this in an open-source way that allows each and every individual their own sovereign right to freedom of thought and feeling and actually choose what they share with the collective mind.
Well, I don't know. I'd be curious about the potential outcomes of this. The silver lining we have going into this is how the process mirrors what the internet of today brought us, good and bad. If we can learn from our mistakes and take that wisdom at a large scale into the new paradigm, we have hope. Even if its temptations still clutch the majority of people, a select few can guard the light and guide others into an enlightened cyberpunk reality.
