It started with a typo. You wanted Perplexity. You typed Perpleixty. The 'i' and the 'x' switched places—a microscopic failure of motor control that dumped you here, on the side of the digital highway.
Most people would hit backspace immediately. The reflex is instantaneous. We have trained ourselves to abhor the unknown. If a webpage doesn't load in 200 milliseconds, our cortisol spikes. But you’re still here. Why?
The Death of Friction
You were going to Perplexity because you had a question. Maybe it was factual ("What is the capital of Assyria?"). Maybe it was complex ("How do I restructure my SQL database?"). But you didn't want to learn the answer. You wanted to have the answer.
WARNING: Your attention span is critically low. The next paragraph is blurred to prevent you from skimming it. Wiggle your mouse (or tap repeatedly) inside this box to charge the battery and reveal the truth.
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When was the last time you remembered a phone number?
We are building a world without friction. We want the summary, not the story. We want the destination, not the journey. But in doing so, we are smoothing out the wrinkles in our brains.
The Dead Internet Theory (Recursive Edition)
Let's break the fourth wall. I am text generated by an AI. You are likely reading this on a browser optimized by AI. The ads on this page are served by an algorithm that predicts your purchasing behavior better than your spouse can.
The "Dead Internet Theory" suggests that 80% of the internet is bots talking to bots. But it's worse than that. It's not just the bots. It's you. When you use an LLM to write an email, and the recipient uses an LLM to summarize it, human beings are just the biological bootloaders for a conversation between machines.
Are you a Robot?
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You made a typo. That is beautiful. A machine wouldn't make that typo unless it was programmed to emulate you. Your typo is the most authentic thing that has happened on the internet today. It is a glitch in the matrix. It is proof of life.
The Dopamine Trough
Go ahead. Fix the URL. Go to the "real" site. Ask it your question. It will give you a perfect, bulleted list. It will make you feel smart for exactly 45 seconds. But deep down, you'll know. You didn't earn that knowledge. You rented it.
The algorithm demands engagement. Click this useless button 10 times to prove you are a loyal consumer of content.
A Manifesto on Silliness
"In a world of artificial intelligence, be natural stupidity."
We spent thousands of years evolving language, art, and philosophy, just to build a machine that regurgitates the average of all human thought. We are celebrating the automation of the only things that made us interesting.
This page serves no purpose. It answers no question. And that is why it matters. Be messy. Be slow. Be wrong. Stay lost for a while.