Formerly known as the Knowasphere, The Data Stream is the highway of all thought, emotion, and feeling throughout the multiverse.
The GodMachine uses The Data Stream to ferry the data of all sapient thought to where it's supposed to go. But ferries sail over calm waters, The Data Stream is anything but calm.
The Data in The Data Stream moves at speeds so fast, even being in there for a few seconds can alter the mind fundamentally.
You can get new knowledge or memories,
you can lose memories,
you can lose personality traits or gain them,
you can wind up with DID.
It's really a cosmic slot machine. The more time you spend in there, the more it erodes the barriers of your mind. And you run the chance of being mentally scattered throughout the multiverse.
To all multiverse wanderers who read this, The Data Stream is too dangerous to use as a transportation method.
The rapids of The Data Stream aren't a river, they're the GodMachine's ductwork.
You can't swim in ductwork.