IMAGINING TOMORROW: BUSINESS FUTURES | 39 OCTOBER 1, 2023 Borislavov isn’t buying it: Otto Abel sees such cases as inevitable wrinkles “And if they let you go? Did you in the transition to a new paradigm. He says: read about that tech employee who “You ain’t seen nothin’ yet. When committed suicide last week?” companies have brain-to-brain “She couldn’t get new medical coverage after knowledge networks via neural she left her job, because insurers could access laces, you won’t be able to opt out all the data her company had collected on her— and still do your job properly.” and none of them were willing to cover her Abel is betting that Chinese companies will embrace medications for depression and psychosis.” the idea and that the United States cannot afford not to. “Anyway, people forget how quickly we all came to accept what the consultants called ‘productivity- enhancing tech.’ As recently as 2017, it was still seen as newsworthy when companies asked their employees to agree to be microchipped.” THE WORLD OF REDEREDESIGSIGNNIINNGG THE IMAGINATION THE AGE OF “TECHNO-POLITICS” LILIFEFE ECONOMY (IN)SECURITY