At the level of the individual human, there is little to be considered by way of "symbiosis". All productivity gains can be reduced to the efficient production

At the level of the individual human, there is little to be considered by way of "symbiosis". All productivity gains can be reduced to the efficient production and consumption of digital content. But at the societal level, a definite creeping parasitism born of computerization has entered us. We can see it in the surveillance apparatus in HK, post-Umbrella Revolution. It arrives under the guise of the "smart city". If anyone caught the NVidia Omniverse "smart factory" demo from GTC21, the capability is already productized. Ready to be deployed at trans-national scale. I think what would be most shocking to Licklider's generation is how willingly we trade "free culture" for convenience and security. And as the system becomes more benevolent, as our dependence more all-encompassing. How we begin to supplant all independence to a worship of the machine!