They’re not building the future.
They’re making the present so unbearable that you’ll have no choice but to buy it.
Private equity is quietly shrinking reality — turning the world into something you’ll want to escape. One day the headset was the size of a toaster. Now it’s getting smaller. Soon it’ll be as easy as putting in contact lenses… and they’ll make sure you’re desperate enough to wear them.
This one’s for anyone who’s felt like the real world is getting harder to stand on purpose.
Contact Lens Matrix — a dark alt-rock track about the slow-motion sellout of reality.