Machines at the Gates of Olympus: A Luddite Jeremiad from the Wounded Gods of YouTube
The image frames Olympus as a marble fortress—its bronze gates incised with the YouTube “play” glyph—while three battered gods glare down at a swarm of code-etched robots storming the steps. Neon ring-light halos hover above the gods’ heads, turning divine glory into a YouTuber’s studio prop; the robots clutch scrolls of binary, battering rams of pure data. Copper skies flicker with glitch streaks, hinting that even the heavens are short-circuited. It’s the moment when wounded deities realize the machines have come for their divine subscriber count.
