/diːˈrɪəlaɪz/
You know this feeling. The world looks like a movie you're watching through frosted glass. Everything is there but nothing is present.
Symptoms
You refreshed your portfolio and forgot what the numbers mean.
The chart is moving but you can't tell if it's up or down.
Someone asked how you're doing and you said 'bullish' without thinking.
You can't remember if the market crashed yesterday or last month.
Time passes in candle intervals. 1H. 4H. 1D. What day is it?
You're watching your screen but your eyes stopped reading 10 minutes ago.
The Thesis
And you're not sure you're still paying for it. The line between what's happening and what's performing is so blurred that your brain stopped trying to parse the difference.
AI-generated faces, synthetic markets, algorithmic emotions. The world isn't fake — it's too real. So real it wrapped around and became unreal again.
When everything is content, nothing is experience. When every price is manipulated, no price is information. Your brain didn't break — it adapted.
Does it matter? You're here. That's something. Probably.
𝕏 Touch Grass (Digitally)