e-commerce
E-commerce is the sorcery of condensing product value into a few clicks across the digital seas, summoning consumers' purchasing desires with endless banners and pop-ups. It grants effortless buying, yet everyone dons the mask of a savvy shopper while their trembling hand betrays them at "Add to Cart". Corporations run their systems at breakneck speed 24/7 to fulfill the impossible promise of instant gratification, reaching a manic crescendo on sale days. Personal data is offered like funeral offerings to the altar of algorithms, only to be imprisoned within the recommender system's chains. No future technology can save us from being haunted by the twin demons of "cheaper" and "more convenient".