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We Humans like to believe that we On a quiet early morning, major cities in
have everything under control, that Spain and Portugal woke up to nothing but

with technology, power, and unexpected silence. No electricity, no
connectivity we can handle any internet, not even mobile signal. A few
challenge that comes our way. panicked, fearing it was the apocalypse. But
So we build systems and create the majority chose to embrace the outage.

routines, aiming for a stable life. But People stepped into the real world, living
when the lights go out or when a fire perhaps for the first time in a while, without
breaks out, how do we really act? power or technology.

Two different moments somehow
reflected the same truth, the massive
blackout in Spain and Portugal and
the fire in Cairo’s Ramses Central.

Two different places, two unexpected
events, yet both revealed how fragile
our sense of control is.
And the question remains: Do we

really control life or does it sometimes
control us?

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