Last episode, we went way, way back—digging into our obsession with caveman wisdom and whether the past actually holds the secrets to modern happiness. This week? We’re hurtling straight into the future, and seeing how much more UNLIKE our ancestors we can become

Scientists have officially done it. Two people—while fully asleep—managed to communicate inside a lucid dream. No, this isn’t sci-fi. No, this isn’t some “woo-woo” astral projection nonsense. This is real, lab-confirmed brain-to-brain messaging inside a shared dreamscape. And while that sounds cool in theory, Tragic and Bathroom are here to ask the real questions: How long until capitalism ruins this, too?

Because let’s be real: if there’s a way to make money off something, someone’s already working on it. We’re talking:

Ad breaks in your REM cycle. Imagine drifting into a dream only to hear, “This message is brought to you by Raid: Shadow Legends.”

Dream labor. Bosses scheduling productivity meetings inside your unconscious mind so you can “grind while you rest.”

Corporate-sponsored dream subscriptions. Your brain is now a streaming service, and if you can’t afford Premium, get ready for sleep commercials.

It’s easy to get caught up in the coolness of all this—lucid dreaming could revolutionize therapy, education, even human creativity. But if AI is already replacing workers at a terrifying pace, what happens when the next frontier isn’t automation, but your own unconscious mind?

Wake up, sheeple. Or actually, don’t—because sleep might be the final battleground for capitalism.