Man and Machine: Are We Mastering Tech, or Serving It?

If technology was created to serve us but somewhere along the way, are we starting to serve it instead?Nearing the final episode of the Bearing a Burden Podcast, Nova unpacks the paradox of modern technology: its power to extend our lives, sharpen our abilities, and connect us in ways once unimaginable… and its tendency to enslave us through convenience, distraction, and dependence. From pacemakers and personalized medicine to pocket leashes and endless social feeds, this conversation explores where tech truly serves us, where it undermines us, and what it means for our freedom, creativity, and humanity.Is technology a partner in our growth, or a substitute for it? And how do we reclaim balance before the tools we built begin to replace the very skills and resilience that made us human?