"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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