The year is 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The years-long war led by Israel, the United States, and Britain has annihilated every educational institution in Palestine, and 56% of those across Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Libya. This has fomented a widespread educational famine in the region that will have repercussions for generations. Academic discussions about the digital divide have transformed. In 2030, \u201cthe digital trench\u201d is how academics describe the digital divide that exists not by circumstance, but by intentional, targeted destruction of education infrastructure. The digital trench defines the inequality between those possessing both digital access and digital literacy, and those who do not due to educide in their region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the war-ravaged places where educational infrastructure has been spared, academic institutions are now run by the US and its allies, teaching \u201cWestern values.\u201d Since being deployed 25 years earlier during the Iraq War (Kabel, 2014), this model has been strongly supported by colonial powers. The implementation of the new curriculum is closely monitored, as is social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Legal definitions of hate speech in all of the G6-member countries have been broadened to include criticism of the government. Increased censorship of social media has crippled critical thinking and heightened complacent obedience. Publishing or uttering phrases like \u201cscholasticide\u201d, \u201ceducide\u201d, and variations of \u201cfree [country name]\u201d are rapidly detected by GestapAI, resulting in swift digital freezes and physical detainments of offenders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After hearing rumours from friends, a young student crafts a prompt to ask ChatGPT about educide. It responds, \u201cIt seems like that is something I’m unfamiliar with. Would you like to ask me something else?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kabel, A. (2014). The Islamophobic-neoliberal-educational complex. Islamophobia Studies Journal, 2<\/em>(2), 58\u201375. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.13169\/islastudj.2.2.0058<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Peasley, S. (2024). Digital artwork created using ChatGPT<\/a> and Photoshop<\/em> [Image]. Unpublished work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This work is licensed under CC BY 4.0 The year is 2030. The years-long war led by Israel, the United States, and Britain has annihilated every educational institution in Palestine, and 56% of…<\/p>\n
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