Spy In The Room
Jul 23, 2020
4 minutes
BY ABRAHAM C. MATHEWS
ILLUSTRATIONS BY RAJ VERMA
a new device in your living room — a camera, installed by any of the big global technology giants. But this one doesn’t take instructions from you. It just silently sits there, quietly observing you go about your mundane daily activities. Occasionally it will remind you that you are going to be late for office if you don’t leave now. It might ask you if the sofa cushions you just bought were comfortable, and even remind you to change it every now and then. If you fight with your spouse, it will suggest therapists you could meet; or even the number of an ambulance service, depending on the seriousness.
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