The internet stole the future from a children’s book…

While reading a futuristic page of an illustrated children’s book, I noticed a QR code embedded in the artwork. Naturally, I scanned it.

It led to a random news site.

After some digging, I realised the author had let the domain expire. The connection between the physical and digital world had quietly broken.

We embed QR codes and URLs into print like they’re permanent. But most are destined to vanish or, worse, mislead.

The internet forgets faster than we think.

Let’s stop pretending it doesn’t.