The Metaphor of the Technocratic Elite

Like players of a video game, tech bros seek to level up and then lord above humanity as technocratic gods playing SimCity writ large. They'll eventually leave behind automated programs, platforms, and blockchains to orchestrate whatever activity still matters down below. But those of us left behind will have to confront the environmental degradation and economic inequality they leave in their wake. Just as we need to achieve some sort of solidarity and consensus, we are ushered into algorithmically operated Skinner boxes designed to alienate and disorient.