The Great Abbreviators: Are You Living, or Being Lived?

How AI Reduces Your Life to Data Points

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Imagine standing at the edge of a vast, winding path — one direction filled with unexpected detours, unplanned encounters, and the thrill of the unknown.

The other? A straight, optimized road mapped by an algorithm that already knows where you should go.

Which path would you take?
Or more importantly, do you even get to choose anymore?

Welcome to the world of The Great Abbreviators — technologies that promise you freedom through convenience while quietly rewriting what it means to be human.

The Data Reduction Dilemma: Have You Become a Data Point?

Think of your most intense moments — falling in love, grieving a loss, creating something uniquely yours.

Now imagine all of it compressed into neat datasets, stripped of nuance, parceled into trends and engagement metrics.

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