I think tapping the brain directly could theoretically enable us not needing to "collect our thoughts" and work with unsupervised data. I predict, the biggest

I think tapping the brain directly could theoretically enable us not needing to "collect our thoughts" and work with unsupervised data. I predict, the biggest obstacle will remain not having even the most basic understanding of the brain, with reductionist tech optimism remaining as prevalent. Ultimately I fear, understanding the brain will be as achievable as predicting the weather in silico. Complex chaotic, or evolutionary principles give birth to emergent states and we are stuck with a leaf's understanding of a tree, while spawning little complex blackboxes of our own creation, celebrated for unbeknownst slowly eating away our existential foundation (see The Economy).