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"Magic That Never Fades": The Brutal Truth of Data That Wanders the Digital Sea Forever -Part 3-

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33. Looking into the Abyss — The Weight of Responsibility Adults Should Bear

Confession: Why "I" Am Sounding the Alarm

Those who have known me for a long time might read this and think, "What is this fool talking about? He thinks he's so smart now," or wonder if I have some hidden motive. You might even be fed up with me acting so superior.

"The ability to correctly understand, interpret, analyze, and appropriately utilize information in a specific field."

Some might say it makes them want to vomit to hear someone like me lecturing on the definition of "literacy." I wouldn't blame you.

To be honest, I have no children. For nearly 25 years, I have walked alongside an incurable disease. Building a traditional family and raising children was never an option on the map of my life.

However, those 25 years were also a time when I lived deeply within the "Cyber World." I am not an IT expert, nor do I claim to understand everything. But after a quarter-century, I have noticed a profound "unease"—a fear that our current digital society is stepping into an "irreversible abyss" completely defenseless.

Why Talk About the Hidden Dark Side?

The internet is a wonderful place. It showed the world to me when I couldn't move, gave me knowledge, and healed my loneliness. There is no doubt about its infinite kindness and potential.

But the brighter the light, the darker and deeper the shadows. Everyone talks about the good side. But the bad side is cleverly hidden—a bottomless swamp that, once you fall in, you can never escape. In today's digital society, "malice" is no longer just simple harassment; it has evolved into a weapon, amplified by AI and organized to steal a person's dignity as a "permanent mark."

Because it is an "invisible poison," someone must speak up. That is why I am willing to be the one people roll their eyes at, to sound this alarm.

Children's "Adaptability" vs. Adults' "Apathy"

Children are incredibly fast learners. They master smartphones without being taught. While impressive, it is also terrifying because they know "how to use" it but not the "mechanics (risks)" behind it.

What about us adults? Every time new technology emerges, do we turn a blind eye, saying, "I don't get these new things," or "It's too much trouble to learn"?
That is not acceptable.

The moment adults stop learning and thinking, children are cast into a stormy sea on a ship without a compass. The adult's role is not to teach how to operate a device, but to "imagine" what impact that technology has on society and the individual soul, and to act as a breakwater.

Apathy is equivalent to abandoning the responsibility to protect those you love. Having crawled through the light and darkness of the cyber world for 25 years, I want to challenge adults now: Are you ready to carry the weight of that responsibility?

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