Brecht Van Maele
In Dave Eggers’ latest sci-fi dystopian vision, The Every, apps rate your friendships and your parents and tell you how much you enjoyed your last meal. Tracking tech has made surveillance de facto mandatory, even in the wilderness, under the guise of safety concerns. Even worse: Eye-tracking hardware ensures you read every word of every user agreement, contract or legal disclosure.
It’s a near future where current tech trends have advanced just enough to land in a disconcerting place somewhere between inevitable and absurd.
