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kristopolousyesterday at 1:41 PM1 replyview on HN

I was actually writing, been doing it full time for months. I've spent probably over 1,000 hours ...

Not trying to make any money, just feel compelled to do this.

A fiction story about how personal computers have dismantled society over 40 years... it takes place in 1983 and involves a vulnerable opportunistic time traveler who's getting more than he bargained for.

Here's some quotes to give you a feel:

"The smartphone is the electrical stunner in the slaughterhouse of society"

"You’ll be able to access any TV or radio station in real time, around the world, talk to people overseas in high resolution video with live translations for free and be bored by it"

"In the future the hermetic spaces of solitude will be breached as we build a global village. The private will become public and, ironically, the public will become private as the streets empty of experiences taken indoors, inside of bedrooms, beneath our screens of glowing grace."

It's intentionally meant to be ambitious, brutal and challenging. And hopefully insight will materialize from the dust of forgotten dreams.

If you are interested in reading it, just hit me up


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weakfishyesterday at 11:01 PM

Interested. Sending an email