You've probably used an app to guide your breathing, or glanced at your watch to check your stress level. Technology has gotten very good at selling you a sense of calm.
But what happens when that’s no longer an offer, but a mandate? Imagine a world where tranquility isn't just suggested, it's enforced. A world where a single, central system monitors your anxiety and pushes a dose of engineered peace directly into your mind—all for the sake of social compliance.
This story asks a difficult question: what is the true cost of manufactured harmony? And what does it take for someone to choose the beautiful, terrifying chaos of feeling everything, over the comfort of feeling nothing at all?
This is Once You See the Wiring.
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