No one denies that immediacy and versatility, characteristic of our hyper-connected societies, are part of our way of inhabiting the world. Living always online makes us able to face the demands of the time that flows between posts, likes, chats and stickers. We know that being a digital citizen involves participating in certain behaviors. We gain experience as navigators immersed in avalanches of news and stories that have immediate impact. It is surprising how the jumble of topics of the moment dissolves. From time to time we continue to open and close chapters, waiting for an even more impressive phenomenon to occur than the recent one, a condemnation that displaces the significance of the previous one. Without a doubt, social networks are a reflection of our times, but a more sinister one.

While immersing myself in minimal stories, typical of the virtual territory, I came across the case of Gladis. It turns out that the orca meme went viral a few weeks ago, with many of them referencing his feat, classified as a “class struggle”. I must admit that I found the story fascinating and even unbelievable: Gladis is an orca traumatized by an accident with a yacht and has since learned to attack ships. According to the portals, he organized other orcs to do the same. Much of his activity takes place off the coast of the Gibraltar peninsula, and his latest feat was captured on video by Ocean Race sailboats. In the images, several killer whales can be seen moving in a synchronized manner, hitting different parts of the participant’s ship; in seconds you can see the group’s intent. How does this story unfold before our eyes? I consider the gesture and facts that question our responsibility towards the habitat of these species to be extraordinary. It is true that Gladis offers us a long discussion.

And in this series of situations of an extraordinary nature came information about the Titan, a submarine lost a few weeks ago with five crew members and a well-known outcome. There are many questions that we who have been following the media articles about the OceanGate device are asking ourselves, first of all because of the huge amount of money that everyone interested in visiting the ocean depths and observing the remains of the Titanic had. to pay. Eccentric decisions or lifestyles can lead a group of people to decide to risk their lives to fulfill a dream. It reminds me of scenes from a movie Triangle of sadnessby the Swedish director Ruben Östlund, which talks about the behavior of the rich and influential personswho show the excesses of the social elite with their way of life.

In a world as unequal as ours, it is again disappointing to know that the panorama does not change and that most of us witness the spectacle of excess, and seeing is believing, because the absurdity of the media prevails and seduces. (OR)