The world was going through a technological revolution. It began with computers, before I was born. But the majority of the progress happened during my youth.
Laptops, smartphones, smartwatches, tablets, smart speakers, smart homes, smart monitors, smart sensors, smart cameras, smart refrigerators, smart TVs, smart toilets, smart washing tubs, smart floors, smart cars… the list was endless.
Everything smart was once a regular product. Then the nerds added WiFi and internet connectivity and cha-ching! It began raining dollars! Advertisers and marketers had endless orgasms. Billionaires had to get a vasectomy from wetting their pants too much. The capitalists could barely contain their excitement at this new opportunity to make money. It was a cash cow for the pricks at the top. And just the beginning of a nightmare for the general masses.
Everything smart was connected to the cloud. The smart devices generated data. The data was sent to the cloud for storage and analysis. The data was sold to the highest bidders. The data was bought by the biggest pricks to ever set foot in the capitalist world. And those pricks began to rape the consumers in every way possible.
The more information your enemy knows about you, the easier it is for them to beat you. In the capitalistic world, everyone was your enemy.
But the biggest development in technological revolution was in the field of genetic engineering. It was also the biggest secret kept from the general masses during my youth. Genetic engineering was the pandora’s box of the 21st century. Secret labs funded by governments and private organizations experimented with various viruses that “accidentally” leaked into the public.
The genetically engineered viruses proved to be quite effective in population control. When the government wanted to eliminate a large number of people in the most humane way possible, they resorted to the viruses. It was effective and raised the least suspicions.
As the century progressed, the viruses were being developed to target specific humans. Billionaires were gotten rid of, politicians were disposed of, and fear prevailed.
My biggest gripe with the humans from my time, however, is that none of them had been smart enough to create the zombie virus.
Aaaah yes! The zombie virus! This was the gift that kept on giving. There was no cure. If you kept a list of people who’d pissed you off, this was the greatest time to be alive. Thank you technology!