 Brought to you by penguin the every or at last a sense of order or The final days of free will or Limitless choice is killing the world by Dave Eggers Narrated by Dion Graham for V Give the people a new word and they think they have a new fact Will a kathar if At first the idea is not absurd then there is no hope for it Albert Einstein Is there not also perhaps besides the innate desire for freedom an instinctive wish for submission Eric from note This story takes place in the near future Don't try to work out when any anachronisms of time and physics occur on purpose All errors pertaining to technology chronology or judgment are intentional and Exist to serve you better Delaney emerged from the dim subway and into a world of sterling light The day was clear and the Sun struck the bay's numberless waves and through golden sparks everywhere Delaney turned away from the water and walked a hundred feet to the every campus This alone taking the subway making her way to the gate unaccompanied without a vehicle Made her an anomaly and confused the gates to guards standing in their booth Their domain was glass pure middle like the tip of a crystalline obelisk You walked here Asked one of the guards Rowena by her badge was maybe 30 raven haired and dressed in a crisp yellow top snug like a bicycle bib She smiled revealing an endearing gap between her two front teeth Delaney provided her name and said that she had an interview with Dan Faraday Finger, please Rowena asked Delaney put her thumb on the scanner and a grid of photos videos and data appeared on Rowena's screen There were pictures of Delaney. She hadn't seen herself. Was that a gas station in Montana? In the full-body shots. She was slouching the burden of her too tall teenhood Standing by the booth Delaney straightened her posture as her eyes wandered over images of her in her park ranger uniform At a mall in Palo Alto riding a bus in what looked to be twin peaks You grew your hair hat Rowena said still short though Delaney reflexively ran her fingers through her thick black bob Said your eyes are green Rowena said they look brown. Can you get closer? Delaney got closer Ah pretty Rowena said I'll call Dan While Rowena was contacting Faraday another snafu occupied the second guard a gaunt and sullen man of about 50 A white van had pulled up and the driver a red bearded man sitting high above the guards window explained that he had a delivery Delivery of what? The gaunt guard asked The driver briefly turned his head toward the back of the van as if to be sure of his impending description It's a bunch of baskets gift baskets stuffed animals chocolate that kind of thing. He said Now Rowena whom Delaney assumed was the alpha of the glass obelisk took over How many baskets? She asked I Don't know about 20 the driver said And is anyone expecting these? Rowena said I Don't know. I think it's for potential clients. Maybe The driver said a sudden exhaustion in his voice This was evidently a conversation already far longer than what he was accustomed to I Think these are just gifts with some people that work here He said and reached to the passenger seat where he found a tablet and tapped it a few times It says these are for Regina Martinez and the initiative K team and who is the sender? Rowena asked her tone now was almost amused It was clear to Delaney at least that this particular delivery would not be consummated Sample complete ready to continue