A decidedly likable and charming science fiction satire about the gig economy, Big Tech, and the battle against stifling capitalism, futile or not. The unenviable & tireless work to run “quantum lines” to hubs magically driving the industry and economy, but only for the corporate crypto conglomerate. The fact that the protagonist, an “in the dark” cog in the grinding wheel, is toiling to pay for the medical care for his brother’s mysterious possibly quantum-linked general fatigue illness simply highlights the direness of the class divide and plight. Its systemic and designed, with the forces at play inside and out that are just as manufactured as the cable bots that chase on each job; so until the cables are cut in our socioeconomic web, salvation is but an unknowable quantum hope.
Relatable, droll and allowed to breathe, it's both pleasant and pointed. An ideal sci-fi poke in the ribs about today’s economy and the future’s dilemma.
