Prince: A Warning About the Internet From 1999

“Don’t let the computer use you.”

Prince filming the 1999 music video, 1982 - Allen Beaulieu (Source)

Don’t be fooled by the internet.

It’s cool.
It’s cool to get on the computer.
But don’t let the computer get on you.

It’s cool.
It’s cool to use the computer.
Don’t let the computer use you.

Y’all saw The Matrix.

There is a war going on—
The battlefield’s in the mind
And the prize is the soul.

So let’s be careful.
Let’s be very careful.

— Prince
Acceptance Speech, Yahoo! Internet Life’s Best Online Single Music Award (1999)