KISAH Futures Anthology (English Category)

Obsolete

Wearing masks to leave our homes is no different than protecting our online identities via virtual private networks. We were obsessed with improving computers. But we never realise we’re becoming computers. The future of work sees an inseparable integration of computers into our lives. Eventually, this will render everything you know about being human — OBSOLETE. Everything slowed down in the boss’s mind. Cigarette ash fell and seared his hand. But he was in too much disbelief to notice. The four walls of his office closed in on him as he placed the book down. He emotionlessly looked out at the sky like the others, all stuck in their “cases”, feeling… obsolete.

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