Lauren Shurson Lauren Shurson

Dracula and the Networked Body: A Revenge Just Begun

In Dracula, infection travels through letters and whispers. Today, it moves through data.

Our health records replicate across portals, insurers, and algorithms. Sometimes accurate, sometimes corrupted, always multiplying. In this modern network, the danger isn’t only lost privacy but bad data: errors, duplications, and misinformation that blur the line between fact and fiction.

We are haunted by a system that feeds on confusion… a revenge just begun. But, like Stoker’s hunters, we still have weapons: clarity, curiosity, and the courage to carry our own map.

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