Terminal City

The Bot Net

Here’s how it begins: There is preference, as there has been forever. And then there is an engine for aggregating preference. And once preferences are aggregated, there is data. There is predictive data. Everything is anticipated. Everything is provided, before it’s even wanted. And before long, there is no want, and then there is no choice. This is how preference destroys choice.

Humans are made of a conductive material. They are excellent conductors of preference. We are, all of us, rail laid for  a train that’s never coming.  If, as the great man says, “we are the ones we’ve been waiting for,” then I think we’ll be waiting forever.

I’ve become negative, all of sudden. Negativity is also a kind of energy. It can power cities.