The Internet as religion

Sara Issakharian argues that the internet functions as a religion, one in which users pretend to be gods, shape their own moral codes, and worship and trivialize figures in equal measure. She describes losing her faith at 15 during an AOL Instant Messenger chat, when she answered "me neither" to a crush's question about believing in God. Drawing on the link between games and religion, she frames crypto and NFTs as internet-native religions, and she suggests the internet's polytheism may reflect a deeper human need to believe in multiple authorities at once.