Glut Report
Excess, excess,
Superfluous
Once begun
‘Tis never undone.
Profess, profess,
Almost tumourous
Once begun
‘Til finally gone.
In James Bridle’s book New Dark Age, he likens microwave relay dishes (that carry billions of pounds worth of data every second) to parasites, as they cling to buildings leaching off of our social architectures; one of the unassuming physical markers of the invisible data that quietly forces the amalgamation of technology and humankind.
For us, the oncoming incursion of our glutinous world of data manifests as a tumour, metastasising internally. Caused by ignorance and greed, it won’t reveal any symptoms at first, assuming control in utter silence. But as the forming mass grows bigger it weakens the system to its glorious defeat.
Should we obey to speed, ease and quantity and accept it as the standard, or should we become better at who we are and what we do instead? And who will help us, machines or human beings?
