Everything Became Noise and We Called It Information

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Maria hasn’t felt her hands in three years. She told me this. Or someone told me she told them. Maybe I read it. The sourcing dissolves when I try to trace it back. I know about Maria’s hands but can’t say how I know, which might be the problem itself. She can still type, swipe, scroll. But texture? The last time her hands registered calluses, cuts, the specific ache of resistance meeting flesh was before the pandemic, before her design work went fully digital, before she started wearing blue-light-blocking gloves to bed. Her hands hurt from nothing. From 14 hours daily in zero-resistance space. She googles “why do my hands feel numb when nothing is wrong.” 47 million results. Everyone’s hands feel numb. James stopped being able to orgasm six months ago. He can mechanically perform. The feeling, though, has vanished. Volume turned down on his nervous system until pleasure became theoretical. His doctor blames stress. His therapist suggests performance anxiety. Neither asks whether plea

artwork by photon tide Maria hasn’t felt her hands in three years. She told me this. Or someone told me she told them. Maybe I read it. The sourcing dissolves when I try to trace it back. I know about Maria’s hands but can’t say how I know, which might be the problem itself. She can still type, swipe, scroll. But texture? The last time her hands registered calluses, cuts, the specific ache of resistance meeting flesh was before the pandemic, before her design work went fully digital, before she started wearing blue-light-blocking gloves to bed. Her hands hurt from nothing. From 14 hours…

Everything Became Noise and We Called It Information

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