Imagine getting a notification from your digital twin: 'I’ve been chatting to someone’s DT-you two are a match. Drinks at 8?' Sounds wild, right? But what if that’s where we’re heading? A second self, trained on your quirks, curating your life while you just… live it.
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Living an un-curated life: Rethinking our self-presentation on Instagram /
I sit at night and find myself scrolling endlessly, reel after reel. The blue light penetrating deep into the back of my retinas. Swipe. A border-collie howling along with a keyboard, adorable. Like. Swipe. A new Italian sandwich-spot in Dublin, nice. Saved. I’ll check that out later. Swipe. A gym-bro posing in a mirror, not-for-me. Swipe. Anyone who has social media knows, it’s constant.
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