The Future Ain't Looking So Bright, Folks
So, "people also ask"... about stuff. Right. That's the level of insight we're dealing with today. You know what I ask? Why am I still doing this?
The Void Stares Back
Related searches, too, huh? It's just...the endless scroll of nothingness. We're all just throwing data into the void, hoping something sticks. And what sticks? Cat videos and outrage porn. Great.
I swear, sometimes I think the internet was a mistake. A glorious, world-altering mistake, sure, but a mistake nonetheless. We were promised connection, enlightenment, a global village. What we got was a digital Tower of Babel, where everyone's shouting over each other and nobody's listening.
Remember when the internet was supposed to be this democratizing force? Give me a break. It's just amplified the existing power structures. The rich get richer, the powerful get more powerful, and the rest of us get targeted ads and algorithmically curated echo chambers.
The Illusion of Choice
And don't even get me started on the "illusion of choice." We think we're making informed decisions, but we're just being nudged and manipulated by forces we can't even see. It's like being a rat in a Skinner box, except the cheese is a dopamine hit from a notification.
I saw some genius the other day talking about how algorithms are "neutral." Neutral! That's like saying a hammer is neutral. Sure, it can be used to build a house, but it can also be used to smash someone's skull. Algorithms are tools, and they're wielded by people with agendas.
What's the answer? I don't know. Probably something drastic. Maybe we need to unplug the whole damn thing and start over. Build a new internet, one that's not based on surveillance capitalism and attention-seeking algorithms. But who am I kidding? That's never gonna happen. We're too far gone.
