 Technology Hasn't Made Us Happier: A Look Through the Dystopias of the Strugatskys Every morning starts the same way — a like, endless scrolling, a purchase "on recommendation." It seems like these are signs exclusively of our era, but the mechanisms of digital addiction were described decades ago. The Strugatsky brothers, in their dystopias, predicted a world where technology does not liberate but creates new forms of control and illusions of choice. We live in an era where AI algorithms know more about us than we do — but does that make us freer? The paradox is that the smarter our tools become, the more acute the question: who controls whom? Do we use AI, or does AI use us? At ASI Biont, we build AI agents that do not replace humans but expand their capabilities. Automation of routine, data analysis, content generation — these are tools that should give time for what truly matters. But the question remains open: what kind of world are we creating — a world of liberation or a new "enchanted forest"? → https://asibiont.com/