The time has come to present to you, the 9th AirDrop of Special Rare cards from Cross The Ages Season 2 Mantris.
The Spotlights focus on a highly controversial device that is causing a lot of talk and debate within the Mantris society. On this subject, the Mantri are divided into two categories. On one side, those who are addicted to it, and on the other, those who totally reject it and prefer to stay on the sidelines.
THE SIT (Interconnected Processing System), is an intriguing device that presents itself as a crossroads between human and digital. A biomechanical microchip that redefines your existence in the Mantris faction. If this definition seems too strong, then you have not seen anything yet…..Hmmmm you underestimate the power of such a device. Capable of knowing more about you than you know yourself!!!
Summary
Standard Version
Symbolism and Social Pressures
In the standard version From the map, we can see the SIT invading a person's wrist in a rather aesthetic way, it is true, as if it had adorned its forearm with a resplendent golden adornment.
But in reality this circuit embedded in the skin, which evokes the luminous branches of a tree, is only a tool that informs the Noria in real time of the activity and health of the citacs. This almost living technology does not transmit all the exchanges of the citacs either, they still have their social networks and other information that remains private.
This system is intended to be the symbol of harmony between man and technology.
The SIT opens the doors to many possibilities; secure communications, access to essential public services, and active participation in the Mantris civic metaverse.
The gilding of the SIT could perhaps indicate the nobility of the Citac or membership in an elite? Or open up a higher or more accessible functionality? Or could it simply be a more refined version, which would be reserved for those who have fully integrated into the Noria?
Alternative version
Nuances of Cybernetization and Surveillance
There alternative map offers a version of a SIT with slightly blue circuits, which wind across the top of the hand like the tributaries of a river of light.
The Interconnected Processing System is a permanent, evolving link between the residents of Mantris and their city-continent. These circuits are not only embedded in their skin, but also appear to be an integral part of their bodies. This suggests an advanced degree of cybernetization.
While being a marvel of the digital age, it is understandable that some Mantri feel that the SIT carries within it a certain potential for surveillance and absolute control that they do not want. Citizens are under the omnipresent and oppressive gaze of the Noria. Their private lives are preserved to what extent? where suspicion creeps in.
For those who choose to evade this omnipresence, they are considered to be "exSITés".
Without SIT, they become shadows among the glittering lights of the city, relegated to the subterranean margins of society.
SIT, a metaphor for unprecedented connectivity, raises fundamental questions about technology, autonomy and freedom.
A reflection that reflects our own world, with our technological progress and our setbacks and shortcomings in terms of humanity. Where surveillance rubs shoulders closely with what freedom we still have left.
SIT - Choice between Freedom or Technological Enslavement?
The SIT, element biomechanics integrated into the individual, is a symbol of citizenship and a tool of connectivity in Mantris society. It is both a token of identity, a means of communication, and a sign of belonging to the society under the aegis of the Noria.
The existence of exSITés highlights the dissonant aspects of this universe. While there are some guarantees of freedom and privacy, there is always the possibility of pervasive control and the threat of surveillance. This illustrates a disagreement with the Noria and a tension between technological advantages and individual freedom.
The very essence of this SIT in the universe of Cross the Ages reflects our own reality, where technology is increasingly intertwined with our biology and our daily lives. Like the citizens of Mantris, we are at the dawn of an era where smartwatches, connected medical implants and social networks are the precursors of our own SITs. These tools promise a world of convenience and efficiency, in which every aspect of life can be optimized, monitored and even to some extent controlled.
But to what extent will we accept this? interconnectivity ?
What freedoms are we willing to trade for the comfort of a technology-assisted life? This is a timely question!
Progress or Privacy? Why be forced to make a choice?
These two cards Rare Specials are an invitation to reflect and meditate on our own future and especially on the way in which we want to evolve.
In our democratic societies, the debate on privacy rages.
The SIT confronts us with the question of whether we can maintain our autonomy in a world increasingly scrutinized by invisible eyes. A world where we are not indirectly forced, but strongly encouraged to make certain decisions.
Are the exSITés, in their rejection of the system, the visionaries of preserved freedom or the relics of an irrevocably bygone past?
Will technology liberate us? Imprison us? Or maybe both?
Is the line between benefit and intrusion clearly defined?
These are open questions, invitations to reflection, at the crossroads between our reality and the fiction that is Mantris.
