Abstract
This paper is the final in the IT Revolution series. It continues the analysis started in parts 1–3 and brings in new sources and information that have occurred since. In particular it draws on the substantive work of four articulate 'witnesses' to the most recent stages of this revolution: Namely Cook on the Psychology of Silicon Valley, Snowden on his dilemma on discovering that the government was spying on its own people, Zuboff on the structure and processes of 'surveillance capitalism' and Doctorow on internet strategy and opposition to the rise of monopoly capitalism. These and other sources contribute to an overall analysis and 'de-coding' of the real-world matrix that threatens to drive humanity into a technological dystopia that, if left unchecked, could cripple the lives and prospects of future generations. Such debased futures are, however, far from inevitable. Careful re-valuation of more positive values and more embracing worldviews can help humanity transcend the matrix (and associated technological metaphors) in pursuit of more humanly viable futures.
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