When it comes to shaping the future, are humans in the driver's seat?  Were we ever?  In this episode I take a look at how technological advance creates ever increasing complexity   and what the role of humans and AI's is in this seemingly unstoppable rush.  Includes comments on the ideas of Yuval Harari, Manollis Kellis, Stanislaw Lem, and others. (Also: some fiddling by the podcaster)