Once, a man - victim of a meme, an evil and terrible joke - remained on the internet for the rest of his life.
He was a programmer, and in his attempt to do good, he fell victim to this vile act of shaming for anything he did. He started with something innocent; no matter what it was, he felt - after it was exposed to the internet - shame. Terrible shame. He did his best to ensure that nothing would come back from his mouth again, but for the rest of his life, he had to live with the consequences of sharing too much. That was his sin.
Then, as a programmer, he attempted to create something useful for anyone who wanted to feel what he felt - but also to give them power. So, in secret, he attempted to create the button - but not just a button - the button that would reset the internet, or its concept, forever. But the concept, and the idea, would not be so simple.
Once again, as it was noted, and as many people voiced their opinions, he was named again in a chain of memes and evil things that came up against him. He did his best, so far, to help, but society - and the world, the human beings - just don't appreciate help or good things and don't want anybody’s help until they are helpless beyond measure.
And when they are asking for help, it’s too late. This man tried to help people - at least those who wanted his help - but in consequence, he created a greater and worse situation for himself.
If he was already ashamed of the other things, he wasn't for this one, but he had to live based on it. And like the ostrich that sees no resort other than to place its head in the sand.
That's the ostrich dilemma.
He had to deal with that for the rest of his life. Everyone mocked him as the man who created - or attempted to create - the button to reset the entire internet. They forgot themselves. Because the button wouldn't reset its total core. But to delete only the rotten part, while its true core would remain untouched.
As for the man, his idea survived - but not him.
His family decided to save the project as part of his legacy. And in time, they understood how good the project was, but kept it safe and protected, because they knew that greedy hands were trying to seek power and attempted to grab it for their own gain.
And again, they underestimated its core reason and spread conspiracy theories to discredit it.
Memes and propaganda brought shame to the programmer and his family once again. Although the family was advised by a friend of the man to let the dust settle for a while.
The project itself - which had the button involved - did not materialise, because he was not able to finish it in life. But he left clear instructions on how to do so, for anyone with capable hands. And the forces of those capable hands finally came - after so many years - the good scientists studied the possibility of having a button that would reset the internet forever. These people - the scientists - developed algorithms that would protect the possible button in the future.
Someone said once:
“One's dreams - it’s for all a dream. And those that seek hope and goodness will dream of it until it materialises.”
And so it was.
Those capable hands contacted the family. Although they initially decided not to sell the idea to the scientists.
But on a second opportunity, they decided to say that they would not seek compensation - but that the scientists should donate the money given for the project to charity. And the promise was honored and agreed upon. The scientists gave donations to those using NGOs to protect lives and prevent suicide.
The scientists, though, created and developed more algorithms around the idea and used all the instructions. They were puzzled by the man’s instructions - until, somehow, the project was, sadly, leaked and came to the media’s attention.
The meme of the man, and jokes, came up once again - after they had been forgotten. But not forgotten at all in the dark, deep web. Until it also gained media attention for good reasons, as many others say. And the governments of different countries decided to give it a taste of that power - to shape people to their will.
Seeking power over everything and everyone, based on arrogance and lack of principles.
There, there were discussions and some civil wars. All powers - civil, military, and religious - took their opportunity on the story, the pattern, the theory itself and the button that would reset the world wide web. - the internet.
Now the internet was not just the internet - it was the whole world. In its deep, dark pockets - forever staying - and finding no way to cleanse itself.
Finally, the scientists, in secret, would create the button. And in so many cases, governments falsely claimed that the button was already created and threatened with false warnings to click that precise button.
Until - literally in secret - the scientists finally found a way, through coding, to reset the internet. The button was finally made.
The one's dream survived wars and dream-killers.
The line of code was strong, and they did what they could to protect it. A very genius mind created an algorithm as a shield to protect the code.
But the thirst for power was not over yet.
The scientists did what was in their power to protect the project, and to keep the trust of the family of the man who had the idea.
In a twist, the governments, in their parliaments, decided to give the people the choice. Some few did nothing as such: a referendum.
During the voting period of this referendum, political campaigns, propaganda, disinformation, fake news - and propaganda from all sides, of all the coins of destiny and power - were thrown into the debate.
Each gave their opinion about what it would mean, finally, to reset the internet. Some agreed, and some others spat, literally, in the faces of others, on air.
But what the scientists did not say to the world - for the safety of the world and the idea itself - was this: that resetting the internet was not meant to destroy the internet itself or its core altogether, or its old ways of operating, but to destroy the rotten, faulty, broken, chaotic coding and the dark chaos inside it.
No - And saying the opposite would be just a lie from the propaganda.
But, a way to reset the internet and make it only for the primordial purpose of being used as a tool for the ages and connect long lost connections - while others had twisted it into a weapon and from it, built from a weapon of itself.
If so, the real internet - the tool - would expose those attempting to destroy it.
Instead of using the internet, in its core, it is a tool for truth.
The scientists decided not to release this information, knowing these words could bring terrible consequences from those who seek power above all else.
Humanity finally decided - and the decision rested firmly on a yes.
As truth emerged, through many victims of this destructive power - and even though the greedy never agreed to do so - humanity decided to click the button.
And as they did, the Internet Button served its sole goal, within the core of the Dreamer's dream.
And the scientists finally dared to mourn and remembered him as the one who truly cared.
It was, for instance, like unplugging the cord of a dying body. It was needed, and the scientists did not hesitate, because they believed in what they were doing. The problem wasn't the tool but those attempted to manipulate its material to create a weapon to seek power with it.
The button worked, and the true internet came forth and revealed, finally, its true core and purpose.
As it emerged, the core internet - the real one - exposed those who had brutally abused the system.
But none of them was jailed or killed. They were taken and left behind on some small island, where they had to live for the rest of their lives with the consequences of the things they had done.
People all around the world united and took action and words to bring justice to those who abused human rights.
All countries united and decided to cleanse the corruption inside their borders.
All the politicians, and all the evil men and women who sought power and arrogance over their people, were taken to this island.
Two thousand of them - criminal men and women - were exiled there, given no internet and only limited resources for survival.
For many years, in the other countries, there was relatively great peace and prosperity.
As for the island - the people who became the FOES (Forgotten, overpowered, Exposed and shameless), the Island was named the Island of the Forgotten.
From two thousand, only two hundred survived.
Some survived civil wars and coups, still they sought power again within their own ranks.
And from these two hundred, fifty remained within fifteen years.
As the last fifty remained, in the end, they decided to ask for forgiveness for their acts and the terrible things they had done.
Some countries decided to abstain themselves and stay far away and some others stated that their forgiveness would be not given, never.
They were forgiven, and instead of being killed or imprisoning them, the GOTW (Government of The World) decided to accept their pardon,
They were granted pardons but were ordered to stay on the island forever, without any contact to the rest of the world and until the fifty were just lost memories of yore.
And finally there was something forgotten for a long time: peace.
And this was meant to last forever.
