A POPULAR podcaster has predicted that Americans could soon be living a dystopian future.
Joe Rogan's revelation came during a recent interview with country music star Zach Bryan.
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The pair began their conversation posted to YouTube by bemoaning cancel culture in the US.
Then they moved onto Black Mirror, a Netflix show that features vignettes of dystopian situations usually caused by futuristic technology.
That conversation reminded Rogan of a video he had recently seen from the World Economic Forum, a lobbying group that holds an annual conference attended by many powerful global leaders.
It discussed a potential future where earbud-like devices that could be used to read people's brain waves.
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"It's so close to real," Rogan said.
The animated clip predicted that people would be able to analyze their own brain waves to better understand themselves, but bosses and law enforcement officials would be allowed to do the same.
"The brainwaves are going to tell whether or not you're being productive," Rogan said.
"You get bonuses for thinking a certain way."
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The video also discussed a situation where a man's criminal scheme was uncovered after authorities analyzed his brain wave data.
"How do you smoke pot and watch stuff like that?" Bryan asked.
"I love it," Rogan said.
The musician noted most Americans already carry around devices that are constantly gathering information about them.
"I feel like the world right now with all of our phones is the same way," he said.
"Your phone knows everything about you."
Bryan and Rogan also discussed how ubiquitous earbuds have become in recent years.
The musician said that the day before the show he was shopping in Walmart.
He asked one of the young workers there for help, and she responded to him without taking out one of her earbuds.
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Rogan said his kids do the same.
"They're like, 'I have one ear open,'" the podcaster said.
