I guess maybe I do know what happens to David He ain't extinct after all He evolved He's me I guess I did fear David In the way we often fear what we know we are becoming I understood him quite well Why is almost so important to me I understand how obsession and repulsion live in the same body I guess I feared extinction And my workaholism is just slowing down atrophy Where all actions are just attempts to slow down atrophy And if God is not one of the funniest people Slowing down atrophy only accelerates it I'm not your problem David You're your problem So here I am I am my David Staring down the reality that I'm the last of those who played outside Without the hint of a push notification I am the last of the pre-internets The dodo birds of AI and quantum computing But I can be the warm hi-fi vinyl records That teach these mp3s there is more than virality Turns out you can ask an Endling anything you want Go look in a mirror