Sci-fi author's anxious glowing rectangle now has three cameras
NC_Renic · x · 2026-10-02
A viral satirical quip: a sci-fi author once imagined people carrying an anxiety-inducing glowing rectangle they check 480 times a day — and the tech company's answer was to add three cameras to it. The joke skewers hardware-driven phone innovation that ignores user anxiety, doubling as commentary on AI-era device competition.
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