These 5 Things Keep Me Up at Night

And I have no idea what to do about any of them

Muchina T.K
4 min readDec 23, 2022

1. Deep Fakes:

Deep Fakes have now become a reality. Not only can you create an image of someone doing whatever you want them to do, but you can also do the same thing with video and audio or a combination of both.

Case in point, This very realistic Tom Cruise Deepfake.

What happens when a deep fake of Kim Jong-un threatening a nuclear war goes viral? I can think of a thousand ways this technology can be used to create panic, chaos, and fear with real-life consequences especially in this age of qAnon where people seem to have abandoned reason and logic and believe just about anything they read or watch on the Internet.

5. Cyber Warfare:

What would happen if All our GPS satellites were to self-destruct up in space? You might think that we could just go back to using paper maps to for driving directions but GPS satellites do way more than tell you where you are and how to get to where you need to go on the planet.

Aircraft, ships, submarines, trains, and the space shuttle all use GPS to navigate. Emergency response, wearable tech (smart…

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Muchina T.K

I question everything...and then write about it. I'm probably not going to help you "make money writing." But I might teach you a thing or two ..or not.