"Keep Your Augmented Reality. Give Me a Secret Garden”

Submitted by LT_Sargent on Sun, 09/01/2019 - 18:43
Title"Keep Your Augmented Reality. Give Me a Secret Garden”
Year for Search2019
AuthorsRajaniemi, Hannu [Jaakko](b. 1978)
Secondary TitleThe New York Times
Date PublishedJune 3, 2019 with over 25 comments
KeywordsEnglish author, Finnish author, Male author, Scottish author, US author
Annotation

A dystopian future in which most people wear glasses that edited out much of the reality around them. The story focuses on a young girl who takes off her glasses and discovers spaces where it is possible to be free. 
URLhttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/03/opinion/future-secret-gardens.html
Info Notes

One of a series of “Op-Eds From the Future” that began May 27, 2019, and continued regularly through the rest of the year, with most, but not all, with eutopian or dystopian elements.
Illustration

Illus. Mauricio Alejo
Holding Institutions

online
Author Note

The author (b. 1978) was born and education through university in Finland, got a Certificate of Advanced Study in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge and his doctorate in Mathematical Physics from the University of Edinburgh, and lives in the U.S.
Full Text

2019 Rajaniemi, Hannu [Jaakko] (1978). “Keep Your Augmented Reality. Give Me a Secret Garden.” Illus. Mauricio Alejo. The New York Times (June 3, 2019) with over 25 comments. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/03/opinion/future-secret-gardens.html. One of a series of “Op-Eds From the Future” that began May 27, 2019, and continued regularly through the rest of the year, with most, but not all, with eutopian or dystopian elements.

A dystopian future in which most people wear glasses that edited out much of the reality around them. The story focuses on a young girl who takes off her glasses and discovers spaces where it is possible to be free. The author was born and education through university in Finland, got a Certificate of Advanced Study in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge and his doctorate in Mathematical Physics from the University of Edinburgh, and lives in the U.S.