Dec 14, 2025
"You can't just switch it off, can you?" "Basically, it's exhausting. Every article of clothing, every gesture, every movement. Everything stored and categorized. But it doesn't stop there. I also have to analyze it. The best way to explain it is with the example of a television screen. When I'm sitting in front of you, I am such a screen. But now imagine there's another television next to me. And its tuning is broken, and it keeps switching channels." "That would be pretty annoying." "Now imagine it wasn't just one TV, but an entire wall, like you see in control centers [...]. That's why I love movies and books. When I'm sitting in a cinema, the TVs aren't switched off, but at least they're muted."
~ Ethan Cross, The Prophet