ABOUT
Our world is constantly growing more reliant on data; in our social interactions, in how we get around, the way we consume news, what we eat, watch, read. We need data, we crave its blessings, and in return it knows everything about us, placed in judgement above us. We are so devoted to our data distribution that it takes on the form of its own religion.
Christened Dataism, this new religion will worship data as the highest source of meaning in the universe.
We feed this devotion by letting our online devices track our every move, the thought of being without them and going off the grid leaving many in a state of panic.
Is data a benevolent god? It is assumed that with omniscience comes benevolence, yet the ideology ‘if there’s nothing to hide, then there’s nothing to worry about’ implies a sinister blind faith. This all-seeing god strips people of the opportunity to choose to confess their guilt, placing an inordinate amount of power in the hands of the unthinking data collectors, and we must pray that the unconscious bias is in our favour.
The scale of sins against Dataism starts with lesser sins, such as hiding location services or deleting cookies, and would escalate up to major sins like burning down 5G towers, the ultimate iconoclasm.
You are on the right path, and after you repent, you shall be saved. Enter the eConfessional and seek absolution from the datasphere.