cantbeatthesystem

Simon has fifty jigsaw pieces on the kitchen table. He's not sure they're all from the same box. Read his story. Scroll his phone feed. Jump down his rabbit holes. Listen to the soundtrack of his soul. And watch him attempt to take down the New World Order one 'AGREE ALL' at a time.

What is this?

A prose novel with a parallel phone interface. You read Simon's story on the left. On the right, his phone builds up - WhatsApp messages from his wife and kids, news notifications, government tweets, conspiracy threads, a growing Spotify playlist. Every chapter adds to the feed. From the mundane to the terrifying with a splash of humour, a side portion of self-deprecation and a dollop of hypocrisy. 

By chapter ten you'll be checking his phone between paragraphs with the same compulsion you check your own.

Each chapter ends with a reflective choice that doesn't branch the narrative. It's just a bit of fun. Honest.

The format is the argument: you experience the surveillance architecture the same way Simon does, through the same scroll, the same ambient accumulation of information you're trained to ignore.

Sound on. Best on desktop or tablet.