The next three decades will be the most technologically disruptive era in human history. Advances in artificial intelligence, combined with radical breakthroughs in hardware, will usher in an era that sounds like science fiction today. Devices will fade away, virtual environments will emerge and super-smart AI assistants will organize our lives and run our businesses. In this new world, our relationship with technology will change forever. We will, both virtually and biologically, Merge together.

As we inch ever closer to this Merge, PHD takes a look at how our relationships, both with each other and with technology, are re-shaping the way we live and interact in societies. From Cyborgs in Spain, robot educators in Korea, smart voice-activated rings for the visually impaired in Hong Kong, to facial recognition regulation in China, we explore the humans living at the forefront of this Merge. As a new wave of humans emerge, we discuss what businesses and brands will need to do to communicate and cut through.