And we have become data and data will be aggregated and made anonymous.

Technology shapes us to its speed and preferences for meaning. We are already well along but burdened with the panicked confusion of those who think they missed the exit. There was, of course, no exit. Just as there was no exit from the neolithic revolution.

The only hope is to learn the new reality. It’s impossible to shape the future when you are walking into it backwards staring at the past as it disappears.