Ken Liu

The Hidden Girl and Other Stories

Nate

Do the people who take these photos believe them to be reality Or have the digital paintings taken the place of reality in their memory When they try remember the captured moment do they recall what they saw, or what the camera crafted for them

“Pictures are important,” I’d tell them. Our brains are so flawed, leaky sieves of time. Without pictures, so many things we want to remember would be forgotten.

A public life is an inauthentic one. Anyone who enters the arena must be prepared for the consequences.

Everyone is a troll now. If you've ever liked or shared a meme that wished violence on someone you'd never met, if you've ever decided it was okay to snarl and snark with venom because the target was "powerful," if you've ever tried to signal your virtue by piling on in an outrage mob, if you've ever wrung your hands and expressed concern that perhaps the money raised for some victim should have gone to some other less "privileged” victim then I hate to break it to you, you've also been trolling.

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