The boiling frog of digital freedom
The world is headed toward a dystopian nightmare, much as science fiction has envisioned throughout the years.  The evidence of worldwide government malfeasance is unambiguous.  The collusion between government and Big Tech is equally self evident.  China and their social scoring system has been in place for a while and it's popping up in the Europe and the States.  The proliferation and reliance on "AI" accelerates the decline.  It's probably too late to stop it.  And the author of the piece is probably more optimistic than is warranted -- it's not just digital freedom.