This article contains mild spoilers for "A Big Bold Beautiful Journey."
For the last 20-odd years or so, we've all been living in a futuristic world, even if we can't see it at times. Technological progress has happened so quickly and suddenly that it's borderline overwhelming. It's a testament to the adaptability of human beings that we've undergone so many sea changes when it comes to not just new methods of doing work, but of social interaction and all the various advantages and foibles therein. Within my own lifetime, I've had to handle the move from apps like AOL Instant Messenger to Facebook, from Twitter to TikTok, from calling to texting, and so on. Now we have the dawn of AI to contend with, and it's a doozy. Leaving aside the massively problematic issues with the technology —