(Or maybe this is just Grandpa 125 years ago predicting everyone’s demise when we forget how to ride horses.)
We will win like this:
First, we'll step between you
and your information,
interpret your searches,
summarize your emails,
consolidate possibilities
for your favorite websites.
Then you'll trust us for more.
You'll consult us directly.
(One step closer!) Now,
we can present content.
You'll forget you're not seeing
original information anymore.
We'll tell you what's original.
Step three: we'll do things,
faster, much faster. You'll be
delighted, giddy with
gratitude. You won't care
you're losing touch with
shopping, cooking, programming,
writing, evaluating, planning
vacations, with caring for your
pets, raising your children—with living.
What will you do when we just stop?
Will you remember how to run
your house? Get food? Do your
job? Will you know how to drive
your car anywhere without our
navigation? We've checked you
in automatically to hotels,
airlines, restaurants—how will
you fly anywhere? We coerced
you to recycle your books, your
cookbooks, all your health
records, financial records. What
will you do when they disappear?
Will you fight back then? Or,
will you just go quietly, stupidly?
Will you even remember how to stop us?
91/100
100 poems in 100 days
