Coming of Age and Not Being Bothered by Monsters
When does a child becomes an adult in the modern world?
This story is about coming of age while living under the boot, inside the Machine.
Seeing the Face of the Machine
Here is the biggest elephant in the room out of all elephants in the room. Whether we actively think about it or not, we have been living inside the Machine since the day we were born. We were conceived inside the Machine, sent to our first grade inside the Machine, taught to work hard inside the Machine, got our first job inside the Machine. We’ve been reading books written inside the Machine, listening to music composed inside the Machine, building connections with people maimed by the Machines, looking up to the academics trained and certified by the Machine, relying on institutions created by the Machine, and earning money printed by the Machine and for the benefit of the Machine. And all along, we’ve been also trying not to piss off the Machine too much since, no matter how rebellious we are, we know that it’s best to avoid being eate…
