Persistence of Vision

Rowley T. J.

Jane can't have secrets. As the leading online influencer, each fraction of her life is streamed for all to watch. Social media hears what she mumbles as she sleeps; sees her recoil in unexplained fear of deep water; leers over the sponsor's logo tattooed between her shoulders. Everyone watches everyone, downvoting undesirables, exposing seditious thoughts, while endless advertising distracts them from the dust storms of their dying world. Private police watch over them with surveillance so complete that they can predict crimes before they occur.

About the author

T. J. Rowley is a Canadian author whose writing explores both the risks and the glimmering potential of emerging technology. A privacy advocate, T. J. once made a freedom of information request to a credit agency to see the data profile they had on him. As it turned out, the agency thought he was two people. (They offered to monitor for such mistakes in the future—for a fee). T. J. is in fact one person, whose other interests include artificial intelligence, the outdoors, and staving off dystopia.