A brilliant article on Elon Musk, mind control and the technologies that emerge more as a mockery to our future potentials than progressive science fiction harbingers. ’Amid worsening ecological and infrastructural collapse, the only technology that seems to steadily upgrade are mobile devices offering escape into the virtual. Everything is falling apart by mistake except for your iPhone, which is falling apart by design. Given the lack of options, even a villain offering an alternative might look like a reprieve.’