This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Timo Ahrens, thirty-one, IT consultant in Zurich, has his life under control. At least he says so. His calendar is full, his charm works, and his relationships last exactly as long as he doesn't take them seriously.
At this year's AI fair in Berlin he buys a pair of smart glasses—sleeker than any smartphone, smarter than any therapist. From the outside they look like design. From the inside they are something else. They read his mood. They suggest his answers. They show him the world a little sharper than it is.
At first they are merely practical. Then almost invisible. Then indispensable.
Until Timo no longer quite knows which of his most honest sentences he formulated himself—and which were whispered to him first by someone else.
An urban, ironic close-up about closeness, control, and the question of what remains of a person when a tool whispers them the words for their most honest sentences. Reality Sci-Fi: not a distant future, but this summer.
