THE CHIP NETWORK

By 2030, the world is exhausted by constant communication. The once helpful technology became a detriment. Since the existence of MUDs, followed by computer network communities and eventually social media, people have become accustomed to having everyone in their lives at their disposal and the ability to have someone new to talk to with little effort. Once the excitement wore off, the negative effects set in and led to societal issues. Catfishing, isolation, unproductivity, and overall desensitization. to the importance of human interaction crept into every technologically advanced society.

A little but economically powerful country decided to change this narrative by using computer technology and networks to connect people in real life rather than allowing them to become complacent and do the opposite. By connecting everyone through this network and regulating the amount of conversation one can have online, the country drove people to meet in person, talk on the phone, or write letters. The network puts a limit on to what extent people can chat online when they live within a certain proximity of each other. This allows for work-life boundaries to be set when not in the office, stimulates more gatherings, and overall forces people to leave their homes and interact in society. Follow a day in the life of Clara Cooper and how it has been impacted by this decision.