Physical Internet + Mirror World

Physical Internet + Mirror World

Subtitle: feeding avatars without losing the Eu-Bioma — a first-person sovereignty protocol

Sensory opening

When you enter the internet, it can feel like you “went somewhere without a body.” In practice, you only switched territories: you left the territory of air/water/soil and entered the territory of cables, antennas, routers, data centers, electricity, and cooling water. The internet is physical — and your body reacts to it like it reacts to any environment: it speeds up, tightens, seeks reward, avoids discomfort.

The Mirror World is when this digital territory stops being a tool and becomes a parallel life: a “double” of you (the avatar) starts governing decisions, emotions, and identity — while the Eu-Bioma becomes the battery.

Thesis

• Physical internet: the digital world has a real cost in electricity (and often water for cooling). (IEA)

• Mirror World: the avatar is useful, but it can become the “official self” when perception is colonized by algorithm, comparison, and urgency. Naomi Klein develops the “Mirror World / doppelgänger” frame as a contemporary cultural phenomenon. (Naomi Klein)

• Protocol: you can use the Mirror World without losing sovereignty — if you build a simple ritual of entry → stay → exit, always anchored in the Eu-Bioma.

1) Physical internet: the “sky” has a floor

The internet depends on continuous energy. The IEA estimates data centers used about 415 TWh in 2024 (around 1.5% of global electricity) and highlights the growth pressures as AI expands. (IEA)

And it’s not only energy: large-scale computing needs cooling, which can mean significant water use. Recent work discusses and estimates the water footprint linked to AI workloads and data-center cooling. (arXiv)

Eu-Bioma translation: when you “go up” into the feed, you enter a physical ecology that pulls energy and water from the world — and pulls attention and time from your body.

2) Mirror World: when the avatar becomes government

The Mirror World isn’t “the internet.” It’s a mode of existence:

• You start perceiving yourself through what appears on the screen (image, narrative, social position).

• The body becomes support: poorer sleep, rushed eating, short breathing, constant micro-alert.

• You trade signal for story: “if I perform, I exist.”

In your vocabulary: the Eu-Avatar grows when the Eu-Bioma loses its voice.

3) Eu-Bioma protocol to navigate the Mirror World

The rule is not “stop using it.” The rule is don’t hand over first person.

The 3-Door Protocol (entry → stay → exit)

Door 1 — Entry (60–90s)
Before opening any app:

• Unstick the tongue + loosen the jaw (30s).

• 6 longer exhalations (no forcing) (60s).

• One question: “What does my Eu-Bioma ask for now?”
  (water? real food? pause? movement? silence?)
  If the answer is “water/pause/sleep,” you do that before feeding the avatar.

Door 2 — Stay (the 2 markers rule)
While online, monitor only two markers:

• Marker A (body): short breath? raised shoulders? jaw locked?

• Marker B (mind): moral urgency? comparison? urge to reply?
  If A or B lights up, do a micro-reset (15–30s):
  distant gaze + 2 long exhalations + relax tongue.

Door 3 — Exit (30–60s)
Before closing:

• Ask: “What did I do here feed — Avatar or Bioma?”

• Minimal return act: 3 slow sips of water or 1 minute walking.

Teen researcher question (testable + cheap)

Question: Does the Mirror World change my body before I notice?
Method (7 days): before and after 15 minutes of feed, log:

• breathing (short/long)

• jaw (loose/locked)

• attention (open/narrow, 0–5)
  Goal: identify the first signal that the avatar took the wheel.

APUS micro-practice (3–5 minutes): “back from plot to signal”

• Open visual territory: look far away for 20s (wide field).

• Disarm the mouth: tongue loose + jaw 10% open (30s).

• “Breathe to exit”: 8 long exhalations (about 2 min).

• Sovereignty sentence: “I use the digital world, but I live in my biome.”

References (post-2020) that support this blog

• IEA (Energy and AI, executive summary/report). What it supports: data-center electricity use (~415 TWh in 2024) and growth pressures with AI. 

• Li, P. et al. (Making AI Less “Thirsty”, 2023+). What it supports: the relevance of AI/data-center water footprints and cooling-related water consumption. 

• Klein, N. (Doppelgänger: A Trip into the Mirror World, 2023). What it supports: the cultural frame of “Mirror World/doppelgänger” and identity duplication in digital media ecosystems. 

• Ahmed, O. et al. (2024). What it supports: systematic review/meta-analyses linking (especially problematic) social media use with mental health and sleep outcomes. 

• Edelson, S. M. et al. (2024). What it supports: lifespan psychology of misinformation and the role of metacognitive checking as protection. 

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