Emerging technology is like a mirror into the soul. It is a portal reflecting one’s hopesand dreams about the future—but also one’s fears and insecurities. Like an unmarkedharbinger approaching in the distance, emerging technological disruption portendsthe end of times as they are known, heralding an unavoidable leap into a new unknown.In the face of such uncertainty, we humans are drawn to seek refuge in familiarity.Gazing into this dark mirror, it is always easy to see what one wants to see.The images we can make out in its surface are always bound by the shapes and formswhich we already understand from our present reality. Much like the Palantíri seeingstones in the Lord of the Rings, the mirror of technology can unveil a glimpse of thefuture, but at the same time drive us to draw the wrong conclusion from what hasbeen shown. The true difficulty, in other words, is in seeing the mirror itself.