#arc 1.2

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Arc 1.2

that moment when all expectations dissolve - and then dissolve again

that moment when all expectations dissolve – and then dissolve again “What’s all this?” Kendry asked, looking at the pile of packets and bags on the kitchen counter. “This is a snack for now, and this is a snack for you both later, in case dinner is delayed, sometimes with flights that happens. There are some drinks in the cooler I’ve set aside for both of you, so don’t forget those, and that,”…

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Here's Nick Harkaway, speaking to Arc's editor Simon Ings about "Attenuation", his story in Arc 1.2, and about his new book The Blind Giant, a guide to being human in a digital world.

Nick is the author of two novels, Angelmaker and The Gone-Away World. He lives in London with his wife Clare, a human rights lawyer, and his daughter Clemency. The Observer called him "a tragical-comical-historical-pastoral novelist, if you like; or – more precisely in the case of this second book – a fantasy-gangster-espionage-romance novelist." So there you are.

This interview, shot in full earshot of New Scientist's famous passive-aggressive air-conditioning system, is the first of a series of short videos featuring writers, thinkers and pundits, each of whom have a take - often a very personal and eccentric take - on our future. Some of the people we talk to, like Nick, have contributed to Arc. But we're also reaching out to a broader community of writers and thinkers. So if you have an idea of who we should interview, and why, please drop us a line.We want to know what you think.

The future is personal, after all. You could argue it's all we've got.