It's part of a cycle of stories I'm writing where I deconstruct classic science fiction.

What if I got hit by lightning while walking with an umbrella? Ban umbrellas! Fight the menace of lightning!

If you've never programmed a computer, you should. There's nothing like it in the whole world. When you program a computer, it does exactly what you tell it to do. It's like designing a machine — any machine, like a car, like a faucet, like a gas-hinge for a door — using math and instructions. It's awesome in the truest sense: it can fill you with awe.

If you stare at someone long enough, they'll eventually look back at you.

If surgeons don't get surgeon's block, then why are you allowed to get writer's block?

The right to freedom of association is fine, but why shouldn't the cops be allowed to mine your social network to figure out if you're hanging out with gangbangers and terrorists?

Abnormal is so common, it's practically normal.