Santiago Swallow

On the Internet, Nobody Knows You’re A Bot

In fact, nobody knows you at all. You can be a bot or a dog or a not. The only thing you cannot be is yourself β€” not only is there insufficient bandwidth for the complete sensory experience that is you, but there is also insufficient attention. We become what will fit through the modem because that is what is expected of us. The new expression is compression. 140 characters is 139 too many.

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