Daily (Jane Austen–style) Digital Life Litany for Protection, Direction and Stewardship

Caveat emptier: This post was drafted with help from an AI assistant (Perplexity)— but ideated and edited extensively by the human, Bill Acton

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Dear Lord,

in this modern society of posts and profiles
   where everyone seems quite determined
       to display their accomplishments,
grant me both sense and sensibility.

Teach me that reputation online,
   though swiftly made and swiftly ruined,
is still worth the steady work of honesty—
    and that no number of admirers
      can compensate for the loss of character.

When flattery arrives in my messages
   from persons only lately acquainted,
let me recall that some proposals
  are best answered with a polite,
     decisive “no.”

Guard my correspondence
from impertinent intrusion and careless forwarding,
so that confidences shared in trust
are not turned into entertainment
for an idle audience.

Help me to judge content
   as I would any company at a ball:

Does it elevate the conversation?

Is it respectable, kind, and sincere?

Or is it merely loud, vulgar, and tiresome?

And grant that my stewardship of this digital neighborhood
   may be marked by modesty, good humor,

    and a firm refusal to engage in scandal—
so that, though we may not be perfect,
   we may at least be properly prudent.

AI‑assisted creative work: This litany is an imaginative parody pastiche using generative AI. It imitates the public persona of [Vladimir Putin] for commentary and devotional reflection. It is not created by or affiliated with [Vladimir Putin], and should not be taken as his real views or words.”


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