The Race To Zeros

It opens like a public enquiry - because that's exactly what it is. In this episode of Source Odes, expert witnesses take the stand one-by-one, testifying to something the platforms knew and let happen anyway: engagement chosen over empathy, reach over reason, until art itself became mathematically worthless. By the final verse, the tribunal isn't asking whether this happened - only how much was known and for how long. The Race To Zero closes with a chair's solemn verdict fading into static: deliberate disregard... the culture consumed itself to survive. Reportage audio as courtroom drama, enacted for anyone who's wondered what it would sound like if the algorithm was finally made to answer for itself.