Button Pushers – Cyber Folk – Medium

When the machines take over, it won't with a bang but a whimper. Did you ever have the feeling that every time you push a button, it pushes you back? Extrapolating from Newton's law of "equal and opposite reaction," we might update this to note that (1) everything you watch watches you; (2) that which liberates (or cures) can also enslave (or make ill); (3) if it's free, the hidden costs are exorbitant. Welcome to the world of quantum networking and instant digital karma. The advent of "fake news" as a political trope based on emerging realities shows us how easy it is to manipulate people and events if you go a mile wide and an inch deep.