It’s how they were made too!
I am totally the opposite. I can work through complex algebra proofs, but ask me to work out 2 x 3 + 21? Good luck.
We have algorithm-destroying superpowers. Targeted ads? Hah, that was last month’s hyperfixation, too late suckers!!
But yeah it’s a bit more annoying with YouTube.
Almost anything by Peter F. Hamilton but particular shout out to the Commonwealth books, Pandora’s Star and Judas Unchained. Two massive changes in particular - gateway style interplanetary travel, and de-aging technology.
It’s a phenomenal story, with my favourite ever alien race, and probably my second favourite chapter ever written, but behind the story and inextricably integrated is a fascinating social exploration of how society could develop around those tech advances, from interplanetary politics to relationships.
So you chose violence today, huh
They’d be reacting like the other characters do!
My appointment is in just over a month. I’ve been on a waiting list for over a year.
What is this “remember people’s names” of which you speak?
And me!
To shreds, you say?
Writing was finished long before the strike started
Shut the hell up!
That’s not soon enough!
I already did!
How’s that for a title