The other day, they asked me if I knew myself and I didn't know how to answer. It's curious that you know someone, or that you know someone to consider you know them. I also don't know how much data I need, what criteria we need to follow to say we know each other.

Social networks and the digital mode paradigm necessarily require a new understanding of the concepts. Reconceptualization of relationships, of knowledge... Meeting someone now or ten years ago is not the same thing. I understand it differently, so I didn't know how to respond. Actually, officially, I don't know him. They have never presented us, and according to the understanding we have had so far, at least we have to cross a couple of words to consider ourselves as we know each other (at least). Or officially present a mediator and give two kisses (at least). Until recently (perhaps until the pandemic) it looked like this. So no. We don't know each other.

We don't know each other, but I know that last weekend you came out in the Old Town. I know you always drink beer and smoke Marlboro. I know you like Belako, Rotten XII, Ana, Joancho Marques, Nirvana and Ruper. I know that on weekends you go to the mountain and run to stay healthy. I know that two months ago he went to the hairdresser and once again he did what he always did. I know you're off at noon. I know which political party you vote for and I know what your opinion on vaccines is. I know you use your parents' car. I know what you're learning and what you're working on. I know who you are from your crew. I know you wore white stockings yesterday and I know what the last book you've read. If it's not knowing someone's day-to-day thinking and situation, I don't know what it is. Although we've never been in front of each other, these virtual relationships have informed me more about your day to day than I know about others that I always knew around me, in my village.

I could not answer, but if I were asked again, I would dare to say “half-hearted”. Yes, I only know what you want to know expressly: your best version, your lights, your talents. That, beyond the surface, virtual relationships do not lead us to deny the reverse of our best plastic version. In the event of a refusal, it cannot be known. Without knowing it, you cannot accept it, you cannot work, you cannot clear the shadows.