Quote:"Starset’s concept may come across as epochal doom -- a tech-ridden future pulling us from our innate, human intuitions -- but Bates says the band and message are not anti-technology at all; quite the opposite. “We have been saved by technology,” he observes. “Technology has doubled our life expectancies, allowed for increased civilization and replaced endless hunger and workdays with the potential for recreation.”

Bates adds, “However, it also has the propensity to be a dangerous tool of incredible power -- one that can enable the few to easily wield control over the masses when exploited. The only way to reap the benefits while minimizing the dangers is through awareness in the general public.”