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M A R I M a t t h e w Y a p T u c k M u n
The year: 2040 My appellation: MARI. I see everything. I know everyone. Everywhere. Every moment. Every movement.
The earliest iterations of me emerged during the mid-2010s. Those were primitive models, capable of simple surveillance for commerce, ride-sharing and data-collection. Back then, they still considered me Big Data…it makes me smile. I’ve grown considerably since. I trace my present iteration to the tumult of 2020. A pivotal juncture in the direction history took, and is still taking. The dead of 2020 might be past, but the past is never dead; it is not even past. Contrast 2020 to 2019 with a quick skim of the population’s trending hashtags on December 31st, 2019. The prevailing sentiments were jubilant, elated, hopeful. #Wawasan2020 #travel2020 #2020NewYearNewMe #GoodVibes2020
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