What can destroy us can also save us. Here’s how I think we can stay in charge of the choice.From the Rocky Horror Picture Show, sourceCasey Harrell is a climate activist. For years, ALS had been slowly taking his speech, until even the people closest to him struggled to understand what he was saying.In July 2023, surgeons at UC Davis implanted tiny sensor arrays in the part of his brain that controls speech. AI learned to read the signals his brain sends when he tries to talk, turned them into words, and spoke those words aloud in a voice rebuilt from old recordings of him.The first time he heard it, he said: “It feels a lot like me.” People who hadn’t heard his voice in a long time cried.I’ve always believed that what can destroy us may also save us. Power can be wielded in many directions. It’s never just black and white.Right now, most people who aren’t tech bros or tech sisses...