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“Sweet Harmony is a novella, currently digital-only. The title character, Harmony, lives in the near future where everyone is completely infused with nanotech of some unspecified sort. By paying a bit for upgrades, you can give yourself that little boost. If you need a good hair day, if you need to be a little sharper, if you want nice, even teeth, if you want to be a bit fitter or more clever… hit the button! Set up that monthly withdrawal, and wham, you’re that little bit better. Harmony is a completely ordinary person. The book walks us through the addictive nature of subscriptions and microtransactions and how easy it is to get caught in a cycle like this. We see the dangers of it – of selling a little bit of yourself to distant corporate overlords, one piece at a time, who are going to act like they’re working in your best interest. But at the end of the day, the instant you can’t make a payment is the instant that your teeth fall out.” Read more...
