What Cyberpunk Gets Right About Our Future | Cody Sisco

What if the technology designed to connect us is quietly changing the way we think?In this episode of The James Ibezim Podcast, I sit down with Cody Sisco, a cyberpunk author and literary producer whose work explores technology, identity, cognitive science, and the future of society.His novel Broken Mirror imagines a fractured near-future America where a young bioinformatics prodigy’s cognitive condition has been criminalized by the state. Forced to run from authorities, he must uncover a conspiracy while trying to understand his own identity in a society determined to erase it.But the questions behind the story extend far beyond fiction.We discuss technology and attention, the algorithms designed to keep us scrolling, where engagement ends and manipulation begins, what society misunderstands about the human brain, and what happens when people who think differently are treated as problems to be fixed.We also explore the future of creativity in the age of AI, whether artificial intelligence will amplify human creativity or make it harder for human creators to stand out, and the most important thing we can do to protect our ability to think independently.If technology can predict what will capture our attention, how much control do we really have over where that attention goes?And if the future is already being shaped by the technologies we use every day, who gets to decide what that future looks like?Guest: Cody SiscoGet Cody's book, Broken Mirror: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/codysisco/broken-mirror-a-science-fiction-novel-in-a-cyberpunk-worldListen to the full conversation and join us as we explore the ideas, technologies, and stories that could shape the future.