Hell is Under New Management: An Exclusive Interview with The Devil

Author: Mohd Parid Jaya — Focus: The transition from physical temptation to algorithmic extraction and the biological strike of humanity. Date: February 16, 2026 | 😈 5 min read

I expected fire and brimstone. Instead, I found myself in a private booth overlooking the Silicon Valley skyline, sitting across from a figure in a bespoke Italian suit. He swirled a glass of something expensive and looked bored.

The Transcript

PROF PETER: I really expected more… lava.

THE DEVIL: Fire is inefficient. Why burn people when you can just make them burn themselves out? Look down there. That isn’t my work. I’m thinking of retiring. The new management—Musk, Zuckerberg, the algorithm writers—figured out something I missed. If you wrap the chains in glass and light, people will pay for them.

PROF PETER: Pay for them?

THE DEVIL: Subscriptions, my friend. The poor are financing their own paralysis.

The Horizontal Coma

THE DEVIL: You see, the real world—fresh air, travel, silence, dignity—that has become a luxury product. So, the industry offers a discount alternative: The Screen. It’s the “Peephole” into a life they can’t afford. You put the masses in a “Horizontal Coma,” lying flat on their backs, scrolling through images of the rich while their own muscles atrophy. It is a prison where the inmate buys the lock.

The Feudal Pyramid

THE DEVIL: The technology gives them a localized echo. It tells them, “You do not exist without this device.” It’s a classic Feudal Pyramid. The money flows up to the Kings of the Cloud. The “Confetti”—the likes, the little dopamine hits—flows down to the serfs. It’s not an economy; it’s an extraction engine.

The Panic Room on Mars

PROF PETER: What about the leaders? Musk is building rockets. Isn't that hope?

THE DEVIL: Hope? He is a fugitive. He is designing housing on Mars because he is terrified of the prison he helped build on Earth. It’s a panic room, not a colony. He is trying to outrun the crowd before they realize he has no clothes.

The Biological Strike

THE DEVIL: They talk about “saving” humanity while they sterilize it. Look at the nurseries. They are empty. You cannot torture a species with constant anxiety, “text neck,” and digital isolation, and expect them to reproduce. Humanity is on strike.

The birth rates are crashing because deep down, your bodies know you are not living—you are just buffering.

The Exit Strategy

PROF PETER: So, we are trapped?

THE DEVIL: Not trapped. Just... distracted. The door is wide open. The real air, the actual love of a partner—it’s all still there. But you have to put down the ticket. You have to refuse the “Pop-Up” to find the “Purpose.”

But I’m not worried. Most of you won’t do it. You’ll just swipe to the next video.

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Disclaimer: The author expresses personal views. This respected perspective is not necessarily that of Prof. Peter, who therefore bears no responsibility for the content.

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