![]() ![]() On the landing, the elevator seemed to be taking forever. Not a problem, she had chosen this neighbourhood carefully, everything conveniently nearby. But unplugging also meant the ‘smart’ pantry didn’t brief her on the lack of specific ingredients, and that, predictably, she’d only realize this when they were needed. She did get up to manually adjust the lights and the window shades, which no longer obeyed whatever algorithm used to haunt them, and she was looking forward to cooking without being bombarded with calorie-intake information, recipe suggestions, needlessly precise instructions not to be deviated from, and memories of meals past. She smoked and sat still without her watch conjuring up images of cancerous lungs, or ordering her to get up and move about every ten minutes. During breaks, the screen also behaved politely, and didn’t skip channels on its own, in search of things it thought Eva should be watching instead. Her computer followed instructions like the good tool it was supposed to be, instead of constantly trying to outsmart her with alternatives she hadn’t asked for. And Eva could declare herself free.Īn hour later, it already felt like a new dawn. In the end, even though she could feel the system resisting, pleading, begging and threatening all at once, it finally relented. Telling myriad interfaces that, yes, she understood all the terms, conditions, implications and possible repercussions and yes, she was sure, exhaustedly sure. It seemed to take forever: navigating sites, clicking on pop-ups, checking boxes, confirming and reconfirming, introducing passcodes Eva barely remembered she had. ![]()
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