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The Morning GIF: Eye on the future

Racing down the information superhighway.

 

Lorraine Murphy

Internet Culture

Here at the Daily Dot, we swap GIF images with each other every morning. Now we’re looping you in. In the Morning GIF, we feature a popular—or just plain cool—GIF we found on Reddit, Canvas, or elsewhere on the Internet.

Eye is for Internet, and today’s GIF personifies that. From artist Peekasso, it’s one of a series on consciousness and the seemingly relentless information stream.

It can seem inescapable: Are we the consumers of information, or simply its victims, locked into receiving mode and powerless to look away?

This GIF is called “One Way.” A gorgeous, gigantic green eye, haloed in gold, with a never-ending high speed highway, forever racing towards the point of focus, headed towards the light; this is not the vision of an optimist. In the information superhighway, there is no speed limit. Just remember to buckle up and blink once in awhile.

GIF via Peekasso/Tumblr

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