Convenience and smooth captivity
Devices and invisible infrastructure make life easier while quietly deepening technological dependence.
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Devices and invisible infrastructure make life easier while quietly deepening technological dependence.
Peer pressure makes total abstinence unrealistic, so the discussion turns to proportion, modeling, and boundaries.

Ten years after his first HXP appearance, sociologist and author Dr. Kingsley L. Dennis returns to examine humanity’s technological threshold. He and Xavier explore AI dependence and companionship, the attention economy, transhumanism, technological immortality, and the struggle for the human soul.