A review by adamskiboy528491
Deleted by Ruth Mitchell

3.0

I spy with my little eye…something you can't see.

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In the not too distant future, most everyone wears smart eyeglasses, called Spex. A person wearing Spex's can record their experiences, communicate, search the Internet, read, watch movies, etc., without touch or voice. The glasses are controlled by the wearer's thoughts, called a mindseye. Two different people (Nick and Mollie) have figured out how to hack the mindseye to read and erase memories.

There is excitement and intrigue, romance, philosophy and thought-provoking aspects. The future setting feels very plausible and relatable, and plenty that applies to us even now. Thinking about all the nuances of memory was my favourite part. As I was reading, my mind kept going to the thought that we could all be faced with similar decisions these people faced as our technology progressed beyond our imagination in the not too distant future.