The Narrative Within

Whoever controls internet, controls the world.

In 2021, Facebook was down for several hours and people went wacko. And that was just social media. Unfortunately, we’ve transferred so much of our lives to internet that we’ve become excessively dependent upon it.

Internet and social media remind me of a pusher who gives you free drugs just to get you addicted. And once you’re addicted, the pusher wants to be paid. Soon, whoever controls internet will be able to immobilize our connection and our apps not by accident but with precise intent.

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Deactivating my Instagram account was not easy because of the relationships that it helped me maintain and develop over the years. However, the dynamics on Instagram have radically changed in the past years. Not only does Instagram/Meta use the info you’ve posted to train its generative AI tools, it also creates AI Influencers. That is, using images they take from us, they create make believe people meant to influence our lives.

And why this need to exist in a world of make-believe? Too many fantasy films and not enough dialogue?

Recently, here in Rome, we used car sharing. It’s a process totally dependent upon an app therefore internet as well. Getting to our destination was no problem. But getting back was as the app had problems connecting to internet. So, we were stuck in the middle of nowhere for almost 30 minutes before the app got motivated enough to start the car. And it made me think about all the things we can access only via internet.

We’ve become too dependent upon internet. And the more we depend upon it, the more we can be controlled.

So why do we insist on putting all our eggs in one basket?

A continuation of Instagram Clean Up No. 1

They’re coming to get us.

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