Tech evangelists and the opium den of convenience
The acolytes of tech saturation preach just one gospel: that of a future in which technology caters to our every need, anticipates our every desire, and absolves us of the burden of thinking, or of being human at all. Their god is simply, convenience. But its convenience as a narcotic, a convenience so total that it brings with it an eternal sleep, a living death. How else could the situation be described when machines think for you, live your life for you?
What is the point of living, if not to feel alive? What emotions could such a creature feel, what thoughts could such a creature have, so ensnared all its life in Elon Musk’s black mirror utopia? Can you really feel human while pushing a button that parks your fking car for you? Does this grandiose and opalescent future consist of nothing more than a series of button-pushes up until the moment of death as the zenith of human experience? All our western history and experience, our striving, and to end up as a data point, a puny node, in Elon’s button-pushing wet dream?
We have to wonder what we give up when we opt for allowing our car to pick our parking spot, as opposed to the apparently horrible notion of doing it our goddamn selves. There will come a day when we’ll wonder what path took us to the point that ended with a human slug staring back at us in the smart mirror, a device that’s also bitching at us to take our pills, lecturing us on our spending or eating habits, and squeezing in an ad or two before we shuffle away in self-loathing.
This is akin to the tyrannosaur evolving by choice into a chicken. This is self-enslavement. As the digital drug is refined, purified, enhanced, packaged, shipped, dealt, and consumed, the human experience endures a series of silent extinctions. We have to wonder what we’re selling in return, what this costs us. Well, everything. This viewpoint will be mainstream within a decade.
In the near future, your Tesla will drop you off at the store entrance and then go find a parking spot.
When you’re ready to exit the store, just tap Summon on your phone and the car will come to you. https://t.co/7oUEk9Bb0H
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 10, 2025
