I think it was an agreement she was told she had to make in order for the nod.

We have all been "convinced" to carry tracking devices with us everywhere we go. Way cheaper than a brain implant.

The CRISPR technology is more advanced than brain implants.

Not "The Matrix" -- we will just serve as batteries for someone's AI or Crypto farm while having/living in lucid dreams?

Maybe living in a village where you have a yard would be a happy medium.