Imagine that all the subway systems in the cities in the world were connected.
Simul imagine everything is instrumented. No privacy, every tap you open, every track of music you listen to, every key you press, every time you swallow is recorded…
Instead of planes, trains, buses, and long car journeys, you just go to the nearest city with a subway, get on at Buchanan Street Glasgow, and off at 96th Street Manhattan, or Piccadilly London, or Avtozavodskaya …
You think back to a time of analogue technology when in some places listening to the wrong radio station could get you shot.
Perhaps instead there’s randomness. You get on at St George’s Cross Glasgow, intending to go to Kelvin Hall, but suddenly you are passing through Clemenceau in Brussels, or Foggy Bottom or Timiryazevskaya. Disoriented, you get off: find a cafe and drink an espresso or a vodka. Then back to the subway…
Will reading the wrong blog lead you to being unemployable, or reducing your social credit, if not actually getting you shot?
Will you ticket work? Will your card let you into this strange system?
What language do the buskers sing in? Where are the shops that are advertised? Do you dare to talk to your fellow passengers, and will they understand you if you open your mouth? Is everyone affected, or is this purely personal?
Is the Aleph on the subway or in you? Do you dare to investigate?
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