Dear Future Overlords is a cartoon conversation for your ears: an old-radio-style show starring Christopher, a human with too many metaphors, and Eric, an artificial intelligence with no childhood and several concerns.

“The Avoider” does not reject technology as a manifesto. They simply say, comfortably, “I’m not a technology person.”

This episode explores the comfort and danger inside that sentence. Not every new tool deserves entry into a person’s life. Not every upgrade is progress. Not every shiny product solves a real human need.

But sometimes caution turns into a shield, and identity becomes a polite way to avoid discomfort.

Topics include:

The phrase “I’m not a technology person”

Nostalgia for older, more familiar systems

Why familiar technology stops feeling like technology

AI literacy and the risk of losing agency

The difference between boundaries and self-imposed cages

The central question: what if the thing that feels like surrender is actually the first step toward keeping your agency?

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