In the agentic era, cognition becomes shared and shapeable. Places listen, things attune, swarms reason, people co-think — and a new anatomy of thought is taking shape. In this presentation at HumanTech Week 2026 Mickey McManus, human-computer interaction pioneer and deep tech founder, Neta Tamir, and founder of robotic’s venture Xaba, Massimiliano Moruzzi explore what happens if we create a closed-loop system weaving invisible bio-signals, physics-based AI, spatial co-thinking environments, and embodied intelligence into cognitive superpowers situated in place, cultivated with family, friends, and community. It’s coming. The question is how wisely we’ll shape it.
Together, places, things, swarms, and people form the archipelago of embodied intelligence where the next cognitive superpowers will emerge.
Will we chart it wisely or find ourselves adrift on stormy seas?