"To describe what’s coming as “impossibly borked” is charitable. This is going to be an unholy mess of indiscernible media, messaging, photography, and fakery. ... “reality fade” into fractal digital fog will stress even the highest trust networks."

~ El Gato Malo

What happens when anything and everything can be faked at essentially zero cost? When the line between parody and reality completely dissolves?

In this episode, I explore El Gato Malo's brilliant piece on the coming "reality fracture" - but here's the twist: what if this digital apocalypse is actually the best thing that could happen to humanity? What if the only escape from the infinite noise is a return to something we've lost - real trust, local connection, and the ancient art of asking why instead of obsessing over what?

Check out the original article by El Gato Malo on Substack: Poe's Law Comes Into Full Flower (Link: https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/poes-law-comes-into-full-flower)

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