The Digital Twin — A Copy Without a Soul
Somewhere between convenience and control, a quiet revolution is taking place.
Governments and corporations are building what they call digital twins — virtual replicas of citizens, made of data, not flesh. They say it’s about efficiency, security, better service. But beneath that polished language hides a fundamental shift: you are no longer treated as a person, but as a profile.
Your twin is made from fragments of your life — your payments, your medical files, your education, your browsing history, your travel patterns. Each piece seems harmless on its own. But together, they form a reflection so complete that the system no longer needs you. It only needs the data that behaves like you.
And when questioned, officials will say,
“No, we’re not storing you. We’re only storing information about your digital representation.”
As if separating the map from the territory makes the surveillance disappear.
But we know better. When decisions are made — about credit, about travel, about taxes, about trust — it’s your digital twin who stands trial first. If the algorithm misjudges, it’s not the twin who suffers. It’s you.
They call it “progress”. They call it “smart governance”.
But smart for whom? And to what end?
A society that replaces people with profiles may become efficient, but it also becomes heartless. A twin without a soul cannot forgive, cannot understand context, cannot see the nuance between a mistake and a crime. It only knows patterns, probabilities, and flags of suspicion.
And once that twin exists, it’s no longer you who controls it — it controls you.
We are told it’s for our safety. But what kind of safety requires every citizen to be monitored, indexed, and pre-judged? True safety comes from trust, not tracking.
A human being cannot be reduced to data without losing something essential — the invisible spark that makes you you.
When we trade that for efficiency, we may gain speed, but we lose meaning.
And in that loss, something sacred disappears — quietly, like a shadow that forgot where its light came from
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