Topic: Biosensors

Gabriel René’s book "The Spatial Web" is cited to describe a future where digital and physical realities are woven into a single fabric. McDowell argues that making the physical world uncomfortable—through narratives of "asymptomatic spread" and environmental fear—is a strategy to drive humanity into this controlled virtual reality.

The World Economic Forum's "Internet of Bodies" concept involves tracking individuals through coded overlays in smart cities. Displaced workers are placed on "improvement pathways" monitored by sensors, phones, or wearable technology. Hedge funds then securitize the debt associated with servicing these individuals, trading it on global markets.