At the end of the 20th century, Stanisław Lem, one of the most prominent futurists and science-fiction writers, wrote: "If hell exists, it must be computerized." Reflection on the past year leads to the conclusion that if this were the case, then the wretches would not be tormented there through the technology. In the Polish cyber-hell 2021, there is a boiler in one room with a decoction made of Michał Dworczyk's e-mails published on Telegram, and in the other one the delinquents are stabbed by Pegasus.
KBN Commentary no. 1 (90) / 2022
11 January 2022
At the end of the 20th century, Stanisław Lem, one of the most prominent futurists and science-fiction writers, wrote: "If hell exists, it must be computerized." Reflection on the past year leads to the conclusion that if this were the case, then the wretches would not be tormented there through the technology. In the Polish cyber-hell 2021, there is a boiler in one room with a decoction made of Michał Dworczyk's e-mails published on Telegram, and in the other one the delinquents are stabbed by Pegasus.
In the picture: „Hortus deliciarum”, from the manuscript of Herrad of Hohenbourg (Landsberg), ca 1180.
Picture credit: Wikimedia Commons (public domain).
