THE DIGITAL WOLF
jerry KWATCHEY@kwatcheyjerry128608
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THE DIGITAL WOLF
A Reflection by SIMU
Some have shouted wolf, wolf, wolf their entire lives
and every time, people would rush out of their homes,
grabbing clubs, spades, spears,
hearts pounding, ready to save a life…
only to discover it was all a joke.
A performance.
A moment of amusement for someone
who finds laughter in the panic of others.
Today, we live in a world where
pranks, skits, and social media content
have become the new digital cry of wolf.
Everything is exaggerated.
Everything is dramatized.
Everything is content.
And because of that,
it has become almost impossible
to know what is real anymore.
Genuine distress and manufactured chaos
now wear the same costume.
A child will post about “abuse,”
claiming a life full of hardship…
but the real translation is simply:
her parents asked her to wash the dishes after dinner.
The tragic part?
We are becoming numb.
We are losing our instinct to help,
our ability to trust,
our sensitivity to real suffering
because the world has turned pain
into a performance.
When the true wolf finally comes,
will anyone still run out of their home?
A Reflection from the SIMU Collection
