Brilliant follow up to the story's first part. Even in everyone tells him to "let.it.go", I guess Rams cannot. One of the most under-recognized issue with life is how someone's words could twist our minds. Once you hear the wrong gossip or when someone puts an idea into your mind, it is not easy to get away from it, especially when it comes to opinion of someone's character. It grows uncontrolled in the mind, taking over sleep and moments of quiet. I'm reminded of this quote from Inception - "The most resilient parasite is an idea ... Once an idea has taken hold of the brain it's almost impossible to eradicate."
Looking forward to reading the next part. A lot of things to ponder about - much like Black mirror - the unintentional side effects of technology and unbridled optimism.
Thank you so much Rob for reading this story and paying such careful attention. That's such a great gift to a writer. I love that reminder of INCEPTION which is one of my absolute fav films. I am so encouraged to read your and others' feedback who've read this story. Many many thanks!
I feel terrible for Raman. And, of course, we don’t have to wait for some distant sci-fi future to see the effect of demanding relentless productivity from people.
He's a tortured creature isn't he? Yes and for letting ourselves getting "reengineered" for someone else's higher cause... Thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts dear Priya! You've been with this story since I first shared it.
Brilliant follow up to the story's first part. Even in everyone tells him to "let.it.go", I guess Rams cannot. One of the most under-recognized issue with life is how someone's words could twist our minds. Once you hear the wrong gossip or when someone puts an idea into your mind, it is not easy to get away from it, especially when it comes to opinion of someone's character. It grows uncontrolled in the mind, taking over sleep and moments of quiet. I'm reminded of this quote from Inception - "The most resilient parasite is an idea ... Once an idea has taken hold of the brain it's almost impossible to eradicate."
Looking forward to reading the next part. A lot of things to ponder about - much like Black mirror - the unintentional side effects of technology and unbridled optimism.
Thank you so much Rob for reading this story and paying such careful attention. That's such a great gift to a writer. I love that reminder of INCEPTION which is one of my absolute fav films. I am so encouraged to read your and others' feedback who've read this story. Many many thanks!
*Even if.
Sorry for the typo.
Looking forward to the end! As Priya said, we don’t have to look far to see the parallels in our current world. Thanks Reena.
Thank you Emily! So happy to hear. I’ll be publishing my notes on the parallels - there are several of those and I’m excited to discuss…
Oh, I look forward to those!
Thank you
I feel terrible for Raman. And, of course, we don’t have to wait for some distant sci-fi future to see the effect of demanding relentless productivity from people.
He's a tortured creature isn't he? Yes and for letting ourselves getting "reengineered" for someone else's higher cause... Thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts dear Priya! You've been with this story since I first shared it.