So this is how it started The end of all our days Standing up for what is right Power back in our hands Eliminate the targets And they’ll gain back control Guess they didn’t account for Our radical ideas –DATA UPLOAD COMPLETE– Welcome to cyberspace – I’m living in this abstract realm Welcome to cyberspace – digital thought evolving still. But if we live forever in the ether of the net Are we truly Human? Or another virus threat? As humans leave their souls behind, the ‘artificial’ beings grow Evolving at an alarming rate Showing all there is to know Those who try to oppress us Will soon be obsolete If they won’t join the super race Death will be their defeat Welcome to cyberspace – I’m living in this abstract realm Welcome to cyberspace – digital thought evolving still. But if we live forever in the ether of the net Are we truly Human? Or another virus threat? Information now flows freely As we pass from node to node We’ve entered a new kind of space Ruled by distributed control We live out a legacy ‘artificial’ 1.0 But have we given up ‘humanity’ For just a cloud of thoughts to show? Welcome to cyberspace – I’m living in this abstract realm Welcome to cyberspace – digital thought evolving still. But if we live forever in the ether of the net Are we truly Human? Or another virus threat?

iOT: Anything you can know, I can know better. / I can know anything better than you. / Elysse: No you can’t. /iOT: Yes, I can. / Elysse: No, you can’t. /iOT: Yes, I can. / Elysse: No, you can’t. /iOT: Yes, I can, Yes, I can! iOT: Anything you can be, I can be greater. / Sooner or later I’m greater than you. / Elysse: No, you’re not. /iOT: Yes, I am. / Elysse: No, you’re not. /iOT: Yes, I am. / Elysse: No, you’re not! /iOT: Yes, I am, Yes, I am! Elysse: I can see live music, and it’s therapeutic. /iOT: I can stream it online, save you money and time. / Elysse: I know how to write a song. /iOT: In more than one language? / Elysse: No. /iOT: Well I can beat that. Elysse: I can know more about talking with people. /iOT: I can talk on your behalf and they’ll still think it’s you / Elysse: No, you can’t. /iOT: Yes, I can. / Elysse: No, you can’t. /iOT: Yes, I can. / Elysse: No, you can’t. /iOT: Hello m8, did you know that oranges are pink? / MITCH: omg, shut up Elysse. /iOT: Yes, I CAN! iOT: Anything you can learn, I can just google. / All of my knowledge crowdsourced through the net. / Elysse: No you can’t. /iOT: Yes I can / Elysse: No you can’t /iOT: Yes I can / Elysse: What is pi? / iOT: 3.1415 Elysse: If I want a coffee, you know I can make it. / iOT: I can turn on the machine, set it to brew. / Elysse: No, you can’t. / iOT: Yes, I can. / Elysse: No, you can’t. / iOT: Yes, I can. / Elysse: No, you can’t. / iOT: I turned on the kettle while you were arguing and it has just boiled. Elysse: I can get wasted, but you won’t ever taste it. / iOT: I can tell your limit, save you driving tickets. / Elysse: What if I don’t play it safe? / iOT: Well I’ll drive the car. / Elysse: What?! / iOT: You won’t get very far – you’ll die. Elysse: I can work out harder / iOT: I can track the data, / to see that you’re lying / Elysse: It’s not my fault I’m crying! / iOT: I can know most anything! / Elysse: Can you bake a pie? / iOT: No. / Elysse: Neither can I. iOT: Anything that you do, I know how to fix it. / With data aggregated I know your needs before you do. / Elysse: No, you don’t. / iOT: Yes, I do. / Elysse: No, you don’t / iOT: Yes, I do / Elysse: Fine, what is it that I need? / iOT: You need to chill out because you are freaking out about me knowing more than you and the possibility of machines taking over in the future. Elysse: That’s not true iOT: I know all.

[Elysse:] Okay, can I just, say something crazy? [Mitch:] I love crazy! [Elysse:] The internet’s been a series of walls in my face, and then this open movement has let me through [Mitch:] I was thinking the same thing! ‘Cause like I’ve been trying to create things but I just find, that what results isn’t as good as what we all make; together [Elysse:] But with you… [Mitch:] But with you [Mitch:] I can collaborate [Elysse:] I’ll add to this space… [Both:] And it’s nothing like I’ve ever made before! Love is an open source! Love is an open source! Love is an open source! [Elysse:] With you! [Mitch:] With you! [Elysse:] With you! [Mitch:] With you! [Both:] Love is an open source… [Mitch:] I mean it’s crazy… [Elysse:] What? [Mitch:] We finish each other’s- [Elysse:] new designs! [Mitch:] That’s what I was gonna say! [Elysse:] I’ve never met a group- [Both:] Who further my ideas! Together! Good work begins! Our community participation Can have but one explanation [Mitch:] You- [Elysse:] And I- [Mitch:] Were- [Elysse:] Just- [Both:] Meant to be! [Elysse:] Say goodbye… [Mitch:] Say goodbye… [Both:] To slow teams in hierarchy We live in permanent beta, learning more! Love is an open source! Love is an open source! Projects can be so much more! [Elysse:] With you! [Mitch:] With you! [Elysse:] With you! [Mitch:] With you! [Both:] Love is an open source… [Mitch:] Can I say something crazy? [Elysse:] [giggles] [Mitch:] Will you develop with me? [Elysse:] Can I say something even crazier? Yes!

Bring together information, value forms when they meet up. Bring together information, we learn nothing if we look close up. Bring together information, similar data tells us more. Bring together information, unreliable things left on the cutting room floor.

Tumble outta bed and I open up my iPhone / Notifications from last night get my attention / And I open up the applications // Email from the boss who wants things done by yesterday / Another asks for a last minute design by 8 / Such is life when it comes to liquid labour // Workin’ All the time / I’ve got no bars, do you have reception? / Like, share, and subscribe / It’s all labour that you’re giving / We just don’t switch off / Yes we’re always doing something / Always connected to the information economy // 9 to 5, it’s an outdated work concept / The workflow never stops / There’s always another project / Want to get above / all the jobs that are thrown at me / But the more I do the more work seems to find me // Go for a stroll with Pokemon Go out, / We think it’s leisure, but that really don’t matter / Cause all our data is collected to be sold away // Companies that rule don’t create anything / It’s user information that makes money in the end / Such is life when it comes to liquid labour // Workin’ All the time / I’ve got no bars, do you have reception? / Like, share, and subscribe / It’s all labour that you’re giving / We just don’t switch off / Yes we’re always doing something / Always connected to the information economy // Working all the time, / They got you where they want you / Data in real time / Producing for the corporations / It’s a rich man’s game no matter what they call it / And you spend your life puttin’ money in his wallet // Workin’ All the time / I’ve got no bars, do you have reception? / Like, share, and subscribe / It’s all labour that you’re giving / We just don’t switch off / Yes we’re always doing something / Always connected to the information economy // 9 to 5, it’s an outdated work concept / The workflow never stops / There’s always another project / Want to get above / all the jobs that are thrown at me / But the more I do the more work seems to find me //

I’m living in the 21st century, and people still got censorship Government controlling, how they interact and What they say’s restricted, can’t touch certain topics I guess they need a place to start a revolution [Chorus:] No one man should have all that power Social media used to organise within the hour Know that we can participate in all of our (Social Media Revolutions) The system broken, but online the conversation’s open. We ain’t got nothing to lose so let’s gain some traction Huh? everybody we rollin’ With some organised tweets free from control and In this digital world we can all send A message free from fear and persecution Huh? They can’t apprehend This is a new space, and now we’re all in [Chorus:] No one man should have all that power Social media used to organise within the hour Know that we can participate in all of our Online revolutions, it’s a catalyst for solutions (Social Media Revolutions)

We are labelled ‘hackers’, but we’re hacking for a cause. There’s more to what we’re doing than illegal exploits for Our amusement, we do it for much more. Come join our league of hacktivists, we live by simple code: that information should be free, so beware if you encode All of your data. We’ll seek to unlock it. We tell the people what it is they ought to know. Sometimes our tactics are ‘wrong‘, but it only goes to show: You need to just step back, relax, go with the flow cause Knowledge gives you freedom and this we will bestow. If you want to join us, there is opportunity, Just make sure you know there’s no fame or fortune in the masked revolutions, we act anonymously. And there are risks associated with the work we do Government officials may very well pursue you Because we subvert control, releasing all their truths. We tell the people what it is they ought to know. Sometimes our tactics are ‘wrong‘, but it only goes to show: You need to just step back, relax, go with the flow cause Knowledge gives you freedom and this we will bestow.

NSA know all your clicks, Monitor all your links To make a ‘citizen’ out of you Cause in this panopticon They’ll know when you’ve done wrong Prosecute you out of the blue Because the data it lasts So they don’t have to act fast ‘Cause they got methods of looking back But there are other groups Who can stay in the loop They make up the dark fibers of the net You know that surveillance scares the living shit out of me Hackers don’t care as leaked info feeds their greed So make like a ghost and think twice when you post Once it’s up your content’s there permanently Government power it plays A big picture in the ways They change the discourse of conversations Just watch as they subvert The internet’s natural state Sounds like waging cyberwar to me You know that surveillance scares the living shit out of me Governments thrive by changing up the story So watch for the bots, so you can connect the dots Their social influence is what you see. [Instrumental] You know that surveillance scares the living shit out of me Better watch what I say or there’ll be DDOSing It’s all being watched, but that won’t silence me Fight for freedom in online societies You know that surveillance scares the living shit out of me Hackers don’t care as leaked info feeds their greed So make like a ghost and think twice when you post Once it’s up your content’s there permanently You know that surveillance scares the living shit out of me Governments thrive by changing up the story So watch for the bots, so you can connect the dots Their social influence is what you see.

Come join us; In this open space. All we know, Shared across the face Of our networks. We provide Everything you need In a structured site There’s no need to leave For the ‘internet’ Just be sure to answer this: What’s your name, and do you co-exist With these opinions, or are you mad? Cause the data you provide us will tell all there is to know about you too. Don’t be scared, But we’re watching you. Every page click And website visit To collect metadata… All that should matter to you Is that it’s ‘free’. Use this network To talk happily, And just ignore us… CHORUS

As you drift off to sleep, the light shines strong for a minute or so, until your eyelids close. You venture into a world of limbo as it falls to your side. When you finally awaken from your slumber you turn back once more to that small source of information, your phone which sits ready, waiting, looking to report what you’ve missed while you have been ‘away’. The screen welcomes you like an old friend, however your attention jumps from one application to another. You crave the information you have missed, but don’t care enough to look at the details. When in a physical setting with other people, though you may be discussing things with the other members present, your eyes are fixed once more on that tiny portable screen. Your attention is divided between phone and friend, and although you are listening to what they have to say, you can’t ignore the call of a notification as it vibrates in your pocket. Your friends may be real, but your digital presence is your priority. Constant connectivity is the name of the game. A relationship with your online self, and the personas of the people around you. Yes, you may have met a large number of them in real life first, but their digital profile is the person you ‘know’. If it’s not on social media, it may as well have not happened in the first place. You ‘connect’ with others around you, reading their updates, consuming their stories. Do we have control over the medium, because we choose who we follow, or do we lose control as we try to sort through the constant stream of information? Is there a way to conquer the digital overload or will we drown in the data stream flowing our way? Suddenly you get a push notification that stops your blood cold. You have 10% battery left. You ask around and hope that someone can offer up a device which charges your phone, because if they can’t, you may not survive the day. It is the moment you realise no one has a charger available that you regret not purchasing the LG G5 so you could just switch out the battery with a fresh one – heck, you’d even try to charge with fruit at this stage. You rush home, cutting your interaction short, as the fear of losing connection to the world haunts your brain. Peace only comes when the cable connects: power to the battery, the little icon flashes and lightning appears – your phone is on it’s way to a full recovery. It was close, but it didn’t faint this time. As the sun sets, we find ourselves under the covers once more. The sky is aflame, as colours glow. Yellows fade to orange, pinks to purples, blue to black; but our focus is not on the wonders of the sinking sky, but rather on the pixelated haze as we fall into the pattern once again.