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The Glorious Necessity of Misery

A world map at night showing illuminated cities connected by a glowing web of lines, symbolizing the global network of trade, communication, and power.

Paris, 1999: the eve of a grand turning. We expected the Millennium to either crown us with marvels or crush us with apocalypse. The Matrix arrived like a prophecy in leather and green code. But the end didn’t come with a bang; it came with a soft, persistent hum, dissolving certainty pixel by pixel.