Initial Conditions

digital arcade

pervasive technology,
enables two-thumbed self-surgery:

digital lobotomy,
more lead cap than tin-foil hat,
nothing emanating,
nothing penetrating,
cerebrospinal fluid leaks,
from a cervical break,
numb from the neck down

digital phlebotomy,
exsanguination,
streaming bits in to replace blood,
main-lining electrical impulses drip in,
packet by packet,
headers stripped,
ignored checksums,
corrupt payloads compromising integrity and availability through an unprotected port

both procedures,
common quackery,
seldom necessary;
self-inflicted malpractice

biologs carrying misconception to term,
deliver engineered obsolescence
before the technology of understanding has matured

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Technology is everywhere. If you were born in the last 20 years, you probably don't remember a time when you could easily escape it. For all of our advances, we haven't done a bang-up job at using them the right way and for the right reasons. We often mistake tools and toys and conflate doing good with feeling good. Social media compounds the problem. I'm not sure why we can't seem to prevent ourselves from hitting our thumbs with the hammer when we ought to be building the cabinetry by now.