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How do we know what’s real anymore? When we’re surrounded by things such as AI, chatbots, and deepfakes – it’s disorienting. That’s on purpose, of course. It makes urgent the trivial and unimportant to keep our attention focused away from the systems of power and oppression.

Sometimes what we WANT to believe creates blind spots. Couple this with the torrent of disinformation, and you get oppressors as “leaders.”

If we live like everything is a transaction, we end up feeling spent all the time. Each personal encounter converted into units of distorted value: “Every glance, a business deal.” But what happens “when the attention starts to wane?”

It’s a revolutionary act to opt out of a culture that’s toxic. Sometimes it is the only way to exert control. Can you blame women if they want to leave? Have we given them a reason to stay? To feel safe?

“Silicon in My Soul” starts with a blast. Change can happen in an instant, and technology accelerates its effects. How do we break the spell, find the others, and get human again – especially when technology has creeped into everything we do?