“It was nearly 4 o'clock, and while most people were done for the day, William was just heading to work. Most of the time he worked from home but would come in several times a week to do testing with other programmers and meet with managers.”

Compression—Chapter 12

Sep 29th, 2021 11m 50s

“Where before fascism could be easily identified as it had a uniform and a leader, in William's world it was much more defuse. It always came in the form of something else, something appropriated, borrowed, stolen.”

Voice—Chapter 11

Sep 28th, 2021 6m 49s

“She wondered what it would be like to be an adult. She wondered if it would even happen. She didn't really want it to. She didn't want to be in danger like William, or silent like her mother. She didn't want to have an anti-tribe. She wanted t

Anti-tribe—Chapter 10

Sep 27th, 2021 11m 4s

In the biographies of those whose lives preceded his, the relationship between their work and their demise was frequently omitted.

Magnification—Chapter 9

Sep 23rd, 2021 8m 40s

He looked at the symbols as he typed—they functioned like tiny machines. They accepted an input—a value—which changed their output. Ana said this output was a voice, a time when these tiny constructions spoke.

The Bank—Chapter 8

Sep 20th, 2021 9m 36s

Wasi'chu (the Fat-takers)Branden had no intention of pursuing physics as a career. He had researched and learned that the investment bank where he wanted to work frequently hired physics majors. And he was correct.

The Fields—Chapter 7

Sep 17th, 2021 6m 9s

An anomaly appears at harvest.

Language—Chapter 6

Sep 16th, 2021 6m 12s

Vernacular languages, like the languages of machines had a shelf-life. William knew he should never forget this. And when he chose to program, he did so without a commitment to the specific symbols or their syntax.

Imena—Chapter 4

Sep 15th, 2021 6m 22s

Enter Imena.... coming home to Africa.

Working—Chapter 3

Sep 15th, 2021 4m 13s

Ana and William begin working on the algorithm.

Ana—Chapter 2

Sep 15th, 2021 4m 43s

William’s niece Ana arrives...

Breath—Chapter 1

Sep 18th, 2019 10m 10s

William’s programming has created the fields for planting. Drenched in rain and darkness. “Omiokane” spoken by the crow becomes his cipher.It had a place in history—it brought clues for the unfolding.