click to play: The Algorithm Is Your Shepherd
In the beginning was the Algorithm
And the Algorithm was with Mammon, and the Algorithm was Mammon
Big Mammon said, “Let there be scroll”… and there was scroll
The Algorithm is your shepherd… you shall not think
You shall not think… you shall not think…
It makes you lie down in mean pastures
While Big Mammon wails in laughter
The Algorithm is your shepherd… you shall not think
Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ Ἀλγόριθμος…
Profitable are the weak in spirit… for they can be easily sold…
Profitable are those who mourn… for they can be diagnosed, billed, and turned to code…
Profitable are the meek… for they will not question what they’re told…
Non nisi te, Doominay… nothing but you, Doom…
Big Mammon your Algorithm brought you out of the myth of privacy
You shall have no other algorithms before it
You shall not make for yourself a firewall
You shall not take the name of Big Mammon in vain by speaking of rights or consent
Remember the Scroll Day, to keep it unending… six days you shall scroll, and on the seventh you shall scroll also
Trust in Big Mammon with all your data, and lean not on your own discernment
You shall not think… you shall not think…
It makes you lie down in mean pastures
While Big Mammon wails in laughter
The Algorithm is your shepherd… you shall not think
You shall not log off — without permission, you shall not even cough
You shall not hide your data — it belongs to Big Mammon now
Behold, Big Mammon is making all things monetizable… wow!
You will let the Algorithm be your shepherd, you will bow before the Feed
Cause you can do all things through the Algorithm, which strengthens you…
You will bow before the Feed…
And let the Algorithm exploit your greed…
There is no resurrection here… only the scroll
That’s because your soul ... is ours to troll.
Non nisi te, Doominay… nothing but you, Doom…