In this third part of their reflection on Yuval Harari’s Atlantic piece anticipating technology’s march toward tyranny, Jay Richards and Robert J. Marks discuss the many assumptions that drive his predictions. At the root of these speculations is an overestimation of the power of information processing systems and an underestimation of the human ability to be the true governors of their creations, rather than their docile “pets”. In particular, a failure to appreciate the true nature of the human mind results in a dismissal of art, religion, and democracy. (more…)