Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: a programmer realizes he’s living in an invisible cage, mediated by algorithms that keep him going through the dull motions of life — and he’ll stop at nothing to break out. No, we’re not talking about the 1999 blockbuster “The Matrix.” Instead, this is the story of Max, a San Francisco-based tech worker who began to feel his existence was eerily r