Error 404

It is a matter of time before the network goes down. The Internet will crash and we will experience waves of panic. Sound apocalyptic? It is not. In Error 404, Esther Paniagua addresses the multiple ways in which the internet is going down and how a great blackout of the network of networks could occur; the chaos it could unleash and how dependent we are on it. She reveals who the guardians of the internet are and opens the door to the darker side of cyberspace to talk about crime and addiction; Who made bacon and eggs the quintessential American breakfast and what does that have to do with manipulation; of disinformation, polarization and incendiary hate online; how discrimination has been automated as well as censorship and repression. Ultimately, she shows us the hidden workings of a digital tyranny that George Orwell or Aldous Huxley even imagined. How did we get here? What is hidden in the darkness of the internet? Is there hope for a new dawn? Will we be able to change course? Error 404 is not a dystopia. It's a shocking essay that tries to anticipate her before it's too late. These pages analyze the issues of today, as urgent as they are crucial, with a critical and propositional perspective, because, as the author of it defends, despite everything there are still reasons for hope.