Several People Are Typing

Reading the bio of this book, I had little expectations for what I was about to read. With today’s dependencies on corporate chat platforms, it can almost feel like one lives inside of them - and Kasulke’s way of showing this in a literal form was strange but innovative. The way the conversations between characters unfolded reminds me much of the rise of AI actors online emulating real people, blurring the lines between real and generated.

It also made me oddly aware of how much people can and DO share online. Like this book review. While not our full consciousnesses (yet) are online, our thoughts, words, actions and experiences can be collected into a single digital folder for anyone to ingest. And this folder will last far longer than any, physically.

Great, quick read.

“but these scraps of ourselves we fling into the ether will outlive most of us, like the sun”