We Are Satellites is a story set in a very near future where people eager for the next new technology are implanting a device into their brain which promises to help them multi-task. One family is caught up in the haves and have nots of it all.
Interesting premise, disappointing execution in my opinion.
I thought a lot more could be done with both the bigger picture (politics, capitalism, consumer culture, pervasiveness of tech, our brains on tech, this could have gone so many directions!) and the interpersonal dynamics of a family where two members opt in to the device (one with a positive experience, the other negative) and the other two don’t (one chooses not to, the other has a medical condition which renders them ineligible.)
Plus, honestly, who wants to undergo brain surgery just to become more efficient at multitasking? This holds no appeal for me. At least make the tech cool!
The most interesting thing to me was the idea that its hard to know how other’s brains work compared to our own, which had me questioning what’s normal? Am I normal? What is normal? Like, we only ever really see things from our own personal perspectives and we can never fully convey our POV to another person bc they’re receiving it from their own individual perspective filter. Being a person is weird when you start to think about stuff like this.
Anyhoo, do recommend contemplating how your brain works vs other people, do not recommend this book.
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