Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Let Alone Controllable

So everything is getting digitized
From one midnight to the next
From East to the West
And North to the South

Countless photos
Hours and hours of videos
Every phone conversation
Every location

Text messaging
Streaming
Even your heart rate
Down to your favorite beverage

The entire planet
On recording 24/7/365/oblivion
Amassing gargantuous mountains
And mountains
Of data after data
Stored and backed up x 100

To know as much as possible
To preserve as much as possible
To control as much as possible

To hold on to the past
To preserve the present
To control the future

Yet with each passing moment
With each additional petabytes
The world is becoming
Less and less predictable
Let alone controllable