Data Driven Nirvana?

In the crazy excitement of Silicon Valley about a Data Driven Society, it is easy to be carried away and forget about the real world around us, one in which humans rapaciously continue destroying the Commons - be it air, rivers, oceans, land, forests or wildlife. What is the difference between Elon Musk's idea of another world beyond the Earth, where everything will be right, to the one promised by the the Baba around the corner?

"The trigger for all this cognitive decimation included Musk’s meditations on Mars (it should be run as a “direct democracy”), neural lace (the next phase of artificial intelligence: a layer inserted in the jugular), and whether our reality is really just a video game simulation (no doubt). “The odds that we’re in base reality is one in billions. Tell me what’s wrong with that argument?” said Musk." Ground Control To Silicon Valley