Unison — A Soft Coup of the Human Mind
Emotional sedation at scale: ASMR streams, wellness feeds, and a government that rules through comfort instead of force.
Unison isn’t mind control in the old sense. It’s a harmonized hive of calm, built from algorithmic whisper loops, guided breathing, and “mandatory wellness” that smooths the population into something safe, quiet, and obedient.
Marin is classified EV-5 — too emotionally variable to harmonize cleanly. That doesn’t make her free. It makes her dangerous in a state that rules through serenity.
The Unison series follows Marin and the people who still think — in a world that no longer wants them to.
Other Futures from the Broken Edge
Additional series and standalone pieces from the darker corners of near-future fiction.
A Small, Focused Lab for Dangerous Ideas
BrainPhuk explores soft dictatorships, algorithmic control, and the technologies that make it dangerously easy to give away the parts of ourselves that hurt. The worlds here are fictional. The trends behind them are not.
If you’ve ever side-eyed “helpful AI,” wellness apps that feel a little too soothing, or governments that prefer stability over freedom — you’re home.
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