Keep alive the informations, when the Apocalypse is near.
How would the world look like without the Internet?
How would life be without our favorite sources of informations, like Google, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat? These questions are bewildering; and the answers are even more unsettling.
It is fair to say that technology (in its most recent “digital” manifestations) has shaped and is shaping the XXI century.
The new generations of kids handle tasks like using smartphones or controllers without the slightest effort. Our bills are delivered straight to our tablets, our letters are now emails, our parents and beloved from far far away have never been more close with FaceTime and Skype.
We learn, share and increase knowledge with Google, Wikipedia and Youtube. We scream and shout our opinions on Facebook and on our personal blogs. We allow strangers to peak into our lives with Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter. We store our family pictures, recipes, stories, notes, documents, passwords and secrets in something that we aren’t even allowed to see, the Cloud.
We trust and rely on a System that we worship as an everlasting and perfect source.
But what if this Golden Calf, brought to life with centuries of human knowledge and intelligence, is grounded to powder and stops to exists…