"we received your payment." "and the bill was for $78.31." "great." "thank you." "I think it's the intake manifold." " Was I right?" " Not even close." "I think I just like saying "intake manifold." "I'll get Triple A." "I thought you worked at the water company." "Temping." " How's your parents?" " They're doing okay." "for dinner." "we should make a plan." "I'll send you a text." "Or we could do that now since we're both here." " What?" " Nothing." "Okay." "Nice of Mercer." "I always thought you two would make a good..." " Mom." " Couple." "Boy from the neighborhood?" "That would've been cute." "Remember when he fixed the roof?" "Stop." "I know." "Mm." "Any word on the insurance?" "000." "surprise." "It's not on their list." "enough of all that." "honey." " Help me up." " Okay." "Here." "You got it?" "Mae." " Okay?" " Yeah." "That's it." "not so fast." "Okay and turn... just..." " Ready?" " Yeah." "I'm good." " Yeah." " Okay." " What are you doing right now?" " I'm at work." "I receive money to buy goods and services." "I've got to be quick." "I'm in Germany." " Why are you in Germany?" " Regulatory mess." "I got you an interview." " What?" " I got you an interview tomorrow." "I did." "Really?" "No." "tomorrow." "I love you." "it's just customer experience." "what you're already doing but now a real company." "it's perfect." "Tons of people started there." "I know." "Thank you." "Stop saying that." "We're hiring a hundred people this month." "good." "This doesn't mean you're in." "You have to kill the interview." "Know the Circle inside out." "I'm back next week." "you'll be hired if you kill the interview." "I will." "Mae." "Own it! for example." "It combined everything that was separate and sloppy into one account." "identity theft." "which is tied to your credit card." "I think Grandma's falling asleep." "Okay." "it was like you needed a different vehicle and no one should have to own 87 different cars." "It doesn't make sense." "It's the chaos of the Web made elegant and simple." "Speed round." "Paul or John?" "late John." "late Mario." "Introspection or communication?" " Uh..." " Mae." "I'm thinking about it." " So that's introspection." " Sushi or Soylent?" " Sushi." "Ever owned a Velcro wallet?" " Yes." " Velcro shoes?" " Yes." " Velcro... pants?" "Yes." "What was the name of the receptionist who checked you in this morning?" "Um..." " Linda." " Joan Baez or Joan Crawford?" " Joan Didion." " "Gif" or "jif"?" "I'm not answering that." "There's too much at stake." "Would you like to go out with me?" "That's very inappropriate." "Good." "Quality or convenience?" "Not mutually exclusive." "Needs of the society or needs of the individual?" " Should be the same." " You're most scared of?" "Unfulfilled potential. pétanque." " Pétanque?" "it's like bocce but French." " Oh." "doga. volleyball." "Was that...?" "Was that the...? advertising and you." "let's go." "Your legs are so long." "What?" "It's all on sensors." "The elevator reads your ID and says "hello." "We do that for visitors mostly." "They're usually impressed." "that's the worst picture of me ever." "dear." " Danny!" " What's up?" "You remember Dan?" "I'm handing you off." " You're all grown-up." " Oh." "Mae." "And I sent the password to your phone." "my God." "It has my name on it." " Uh-huh." "this is too sad." "You take care of my little girl." "I will. it's pretty elemental." "Jared will be doing your training." "and Jared oversees the unit." "you'll be doing straight-up customer maintenance for the smaller advertisers." "You work on your portable here. and it gets routed over to one of you. they'll continue to be routed over to you for the sake of continuity. and that is the core of it." "Simple enough in theory." "So far so good?" "yeah." " Cool. and they seem satisfied." "though that is part of it." "You get your smile..." "it's almost always a smile." "that is when you send the survey. you know what?" "Let's just do a live one." " Excuse me." " Sorry." "Okay." "Have a nice day. but I can't help wondering why it wasn't 100." "Let's look." "Okay." "Boom." "Sometimes you just encounter someone who isn't really sensitive to the metrics." "So it's important to ask them and make sure you get that clarity." "yeah." "wow." "are you ready to do this on your own?" " Yes." " Awesome." "Excuse me." "I'm terribly sorry." "how's it going?" "just for a day." "now here." " Have you slept?" " A few hours on the plane." "I'm good." "So you?" "First week." "What?" "You got an 87 average." " That's like a solid B." " How long till I'm fired?" "it took me a few weeks okay?" "all right?" "Mm-hm." "I'm Eamon Bailey." "Hey." "thank you." "So glad to see you all here. so can the guppies all stand up?" "just stand up." "come on." "nice to have you." "Now "guppies" is just an affectionate term for you baby fishies." "Soon you will all grow to become powerful..." " You're adorable." " I hate you." "The fish that guppies grow up into being..." "What do they grow up into? the latest in our long tradition of presenting our newest innovations. the inventor of True You and our founding father." "we feature one of our engineers or our visionaries I apologize in advance." "Eamon!" "Mom." "Now you might not have seen me around campus and maybe you were wondering just where the heck I've been." "Surfing!" "Argh!" "I've been surfing." "And that's part of what I'm here to talk about." "I would have to wake up and call the local surf shop the local surf shop stopped answering their phone. and I could call up my buddies who were already out stopped answering their phones." "And then came... the Internet." "Whoa." "Oh! so I could log on and get some very crude images of the waves at Stinson Beach." "It was almost worse than calling the surf shop." "Here's how it used to look." "right?" "But now let's refresh that page and show the site with our new Circle video delivery." "doesn't it?" "maybe I should be out there right now." "But would it surprise you to know that this is not coming from some big camera but actually just one of these?" "This camera needs no wires." "It transmits this image via satellite." "I set up that camera this morning. no one even knows it's there." "I was pretty busy this morning Fort Point." "This is my front yard." "And here's my backyard." "Here's traffic on the 101." "did you think this was just a camera?" "welcome to real time analytic processing." "you're also getting this. all to serve you better." "we are looking at retailing these in just a few months for less than a pair of jeans." "And I'm not talking about fancy jeans." "I'm talking about the ones like I'm wearing." "Wow!" "Circlers... do you like to share?" "Sharing is caring!" "Sharing is caring." "I thought you might say that." " Sharing is caring?" " Sharing is caring." "I have a dozen helpers all over the world right now carrying these cameras." "Imagine the human rights implications." "Activists no longer have to hold up a camera. we've done just that." "Do you see any cameras here?" "No. and they're virtually invisible." "so camouflaging is a cinch." "This is my favorite." "Whoa!" "Nice catch." "Sign her up." "the entire world is watching. with the human rights activists all over the world." "There needs to be accountability." "Tyrants and terrorists can no longer hide." "We will see them." "We will hear them." "We will hear and see everything." "we'll know." "We're calling it..." "SeeChange." "SeeChange." "too." " Aw." " Aw." "We will see it all." "Because knowing is good." "But knowing everything is better." "Whoo!" "Yeah!" "Good thing you guys like to keep things modest." "What's this party even for?" "SeeChange." "Summer solstice." "Everything." "Nothing." "let's be the only ones who know how to dance!" "is that Beck?" "oh." "oh." "Come on out of your dreams." "And wake up from your rêverie." "don't go to sleep." "Streets are running on the brink." "what's he actually like?" "You're in the gang of 40." "but I don't get a ton of alone time with him." "a lot of people work in the White House." "How many people really get to know the President?" "do you wanna see something?" "my God." "You need to see this." "Follow me." "Here we are." "Here." "This is it." "Nice knocker." "right?" "Right?" "I think all of these have gotta be first editions?" "okay?" " Annie." " Seriously." "so verbal NDA." " I promise not to disclose anything." " Good." "This is where Bailey and Stenton make all of their plans." "right?" "you probably shouldn't play with..." " Like this?" " You're such a dork." "Well... right?" "We should get back to the party." "you should at least." " You're not coming back?" " I've got work." "11 o'clock." " I've got Australia in a few minutes." "okay?" " Annie..." " You're gonna have so much fun." " You guys are gonna love this." " Okay." "Whoops." "So I heard there's a party around here." "like... your kind of thing." "maybe I'll check it out." "though." "probably not." "but they ran out like an hour ago." "but shh." "Are you serious?" "Whoa." "too?" " It's my party trick." " Oh." " All right." "Thank you." "You're new here." "right?" " How can you tell that?" "I just guessed." " That's really embarrassing." "I'm sorry." "What do you think?" " Of this?" " Yeah." "I'm excited." "Mm-hm." " I'm sorry." " Okay." "It's just everyone that works at the Circle you know... try this Kool-Aid!" "Kool-Aid?" " "It's delicious." "You'll love it." "wow!" " I love Kool-Aid." "Don't you love Kool-Aid? calm down angry people all day..." "I'm just grateful to be here." "I got to go put out a fire." "uh..." "I'll leave you to it." "and stay excited." "You're at the Circle." "Did he tell me his name?" "I forgot it." "guppy." " Oh!" "Thanks." "Last shuttle will be leaving in five minutes." "I'm telling you Mae-Mae..." "there's something about you." "You have a glow." " You do." " I do not have a glow." "Like you're with child." "Ignore him." "So it's been great?" "I don't think I ever wanna work anywhere else." "Carolina's mom." "I might've let your salary slip." "Mom." " What?" "It's been fun to casually insert it into conversation." "My daughter works for the best company on the planet!" "And has full dental." "Please don't." "I just got lucky." "how is Annie?" "She's good." " Working too hard." " What does she do exactly?" "She's in the gang of 40." "Uh-huh. deals with regulatory issues in other countries." "That sounds important." "why don't you get your daddy another beer?" "Dad." "Your hair." "It was a phase." "It was a cute phase." "You good?" "I'm good." "You should come visit me at work sometime." "At the Circle?" "I'll give that idea a smile." "Hey..." "They might think I was there to clean the toilets." "Come on." "They'd love you. make something out of wood." "That really sums me up pretty well." "I guess." " You know what I mean." "They want you to tell them about your secret hiking spots." "So they could put them on True You and ruin it forever?" "biting commentary. smiles and frowns used to be for middle school." "do you like stickers and unicorns?" "you know." "And now... now it's everyone." "I can't help it if you're not... social." "isn't... this socializing?" "break you guys up" "Mercer." "Don't you have to go and chop some wood or something?" "Dad." "His business is doing well." "Mercer?" "The antler chandeliers?" "Mae." "He's making one for us." "Did I tell you I'm up to an 87 so far?" "They say that's pretty good for a guppy." "Who's a guppy?" "Mae." " Honey?" " Hm?" "come on." "Dad?" "Don't worry." "let your mother." "just... really." "It's okay." "It's okay." "It's okay." "It's okay." "Dad." "Mae." "We got it." "It's okay." "Come on." "Thanks." "Mae." "Bye." "I call upon the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee to investigate the Circle." ""We're not violating antitrust laws." "I'm sure the Circle will be glad to cooperate." "We have every confidence that Senator Williamson's allegations will be discredited." "You are probably wondering about your new screen." "I'm Gina." " I'm Matt." " Hi." "Dan said this would be a good moment to set up all your socials." " Do you have time?" " Sure." "Great. and I don't think you've imported your old profile." "I've just been kind of overwhelmed so far." "in a good way." "I just haven't had time yet for extracurricular stuff." "Wow." "That's so interesting you put it that way." "We actually see your profile and the activity on it know who you are." "right?" "Right." "Of course." "We consider you a full knowable person of unlimited potential and a crucial member of the community." "But you're such an enigma." "I am?" "It's been years since someone so shrouded in mystery started here." " Everyone really likes you." " Your work's been exemplary." "Strong ratings for your first week." "Are you satisfied with your performance?" "I think I can do better." "okay?" " It's all also about community." " Of course." "It's all connected. like your absence at several weekend or evening events." "optional." " I'm sorry?" " Let's start with this weekend." "Monday." "Was there work on the weekend?" "no!" " I didn't..." "I'm sorry." "so sweet." "There wasn't mandatory work on the weekend." "thank God!" "there were thousands of people here participating in a hundred different activities." "So many." "um... and I was home helping out with that." "I'm so sorry to hear that." "Is that related to his MS?" "Uh... yeah." "We didn't know anything about this incident." "Did you reach out to any Circlers during this crisis?" "no." "I..." "No. two of them for children of MS patients." "Have you sought out a group?" " I didn't know." " Okay." "Can you... talk about what you did the rest of the weekend?" "really." "I just..." "I kayaked." "You kayaked?" "With who?" "Nobody." "Just on my own." "I kayak." "We could have kayaked together." "no posts." "but this behavior sometimes stems from low self-worth." "lifting you up." "your participation window." "I can't believe you've been here this long without being on the main social feed." "You're about to have your world rocked." "these are all of last week's messages." "That's why there's so many." " Eight thousand?" " Mm-hm." "Looks like you have a lot of catching up to do here." "A feast!" "Have fun." "forgot one more thing." "This is your participation rank." "Party rank for short." "but it's not really that." "It's just an algorithm-generated number that takes into account all your activity in the inner circle." "That makes sense?" "it's just for fun." "bye." "I think it's for Tuesday next week?" "Is that in Building 74 or...?" "no." "It's actually off campus." " Okay." "It's been a month." "When are you coming home?" "We miss you." "I can't." "You know." "How's the dorm?" "Do you have to clean your own room?" "thank God." "How's Dad?" "He's okay." "He... he fell yesterday." "but thank God Mercer came by." "He's stronger than I thought." "I'm sorry." "I should have been there." "Is that one of his?" " Yeah." "I think it's his best work." " It's awesome." "Mom." "I love you." "bye." "Bye." " Bye." "I'm so sorry about last week." "I've been up my own ass." "And I didn't mean to be a shitty friend." "It's okay." "Where are we going? and I think..." "I have an idea." "All right?" "Yeah?" " Hi." " Hi." "how are you?" "I understand you haven't done your medical intake yet." " No." " Can you drink this for me?" "if you can." "multiple sclerosis." "I did my post doc on MS. Love to get some real time data." "Here you go." "Okay." " How does this feel?" " Warm." "Is this for free?" "Of course." "You get to keep it. but it has to touch the skin to work." "Waterproof." "No need to take it off." "shall we?" "Is that the...?" "it's syncing up with the sensor you ingested a second ago." "And now..." "Let's have you walk around the room." "Briskly. on and on. it's all collated with the rest of the Circle." "You'd be amazed at the patterns we see and the problems we can avoid when we have all that data." "I was thinking it would make sense for..." "Mae's folks to come on the Circle health plan." "what?" "and I'd really like to get real time data from your dad." "Sit back down. - clear it with them?" " Yep." " Tell them I say it's a go." " Absolutely." "okay?" "this is gonna save our lives." " Thank you." "And thank Annie too." " They thank you." "Aw." "okay?" "Okay." "I gotta go." "Big event here on campus." " Exciting." " I know." "too." "Mom!" " Bye." " Thank you." " Oh." "You're welcome." "All right." "You okay?" "Okay." "Come on." "Openness is something we advocate here at the Circle." "We live it." "We demonstrate our commitment to openness every day." "not so much." "and we get obfuscation." "We get doublespeak." "No wonder Congress' approval rating is currently at 11 percent." "I'm sure a lot of you have heard about a certain senator who it was revealed has been involved in some... very unsavory business." "What are we to learn from this?" "We need accountability." "We need openness." "We need to know what the people who represent us are doing with their time on our dime." "To serve us better." "I'm happy to report that there's a woman who is taking all of this very seriously and is taking some pretty dramatic steps to address the problem." "So please join me in welcoming" "Congresswoman for District 14." "Tom." "I am as concerned as you are about the need for citizens to know what their elected leaders are doing." "So I intend to show exactly how democracy can and should be. my every phone call and e-mail will be accessible to my constituents and to the world." "In real time!" "thank you." "shady lobbyists." "democracy." "Open and accountable!" "That's right." "That's a fact!" " Where do you work?" " I work in customer experience." "too." "A lot of us did." "Cool." "Where do you work now?" "facial recognition." "I'm working on Child Track." "The program protects children from predators." "an alert goes off and the kid can be tracked down within 90 seconds." " Wow." "Do they wear a bracelet or...?" " We place chips in the bone." "you're..." "You're serious?" "and murder by 99 percent." "I think I'm going to get a drink." " But..." " Oh." " It was nice to meet you." " Nice to meet you." "check your e-mail" " 'cause I sent you an invite." " Awesome." "Thank you." "All right." "good to see you." " You too." "Mae!" "How's it going?" " Hey." "you?" "Yeah." " Hey." " Hey." "what did you think about the whole presentation?" " The Santos thing?" " Yeah." "It's exciting." "It's a... what did you really think?" "I thought it was a bit much." "Just a little bit." "So where does all the data go?" "Is it stored somewhere?" "In the Cloud?" "too." "Do you wanna see something?" "So you're gonna have to leave your stuff outside before you go in." "Just because you're not supposed to... you know." "So I'm just going to have to take... this." "And this." "I want to thank you already for this." "I love following strangers down dark corridors." " This is the best." " Almost there." "every second of her from now on." "And this will be the next one." "no." "There's more." "What is this?" "it was supposed to be a part of a subway but they abandoned it." " Where does it go?" " It connects to the bay." "gets too wet." "And that's where the rest of it will be." " The rest of what?" " The rest of it all." "Santos is just the start. available to the Circle in any way." "right?" "right?" "Look." "all of it stored." "They can use it however they see fit." "We're being studied." "monetized." "It is voluntary." "And isn't that the whole point?" "Having everything in one place?" "that's True You." "That's not why I invented True You." "Not even close." "Ty Lafitte invented True You." "Yeah." "I'm Ty." "you're not." "Ty Lafitte has been off the grid for years." "my God." "I'm Ty." "Why the low profile?" "I just wanted to move through this world like a normal person." "I didn't wanna be watched every second." "But I do spend a lot of time here." "It's easier." "I don't have to deal with Stenton and Bailey." "Not that I'm privy to their conversations in their little sanctum." "Holy shit." "I'm in a cave with Ty Lafitte." "you didn't know who I was?" "You never told me your name." "it was just weird to ask. she doesn't have a cynical bone in her body." "Reminds me of how I used to be." "you can't tell anyone that you were here." "Okay?" "That I brought you here." "Okay." "they need to change." "Like what?" "Connecting the world?" "Insuring my parents?" "You should be really proud of what you created." "proud?" "Proud of what?" "the use of personal data for the accumulation of wealth and control?" "I'm not proud." "This is not what I created." "Do you think Senator Williamson being investigated by the FBI is just a coincidence?" "and you have to promise me." "You can't tell anyone that we were down here." "Hello?" "you have a visitor here to see you." "In the lobby?" " Hey." " Hey." "I'm really not okay." "send a text?" "Because I wanted to see you in person." "I wanted to look you in the eyes." "Okay." "I..." " The stuff you posted about my work." " Your chandeliers?" "but..." "What's the problem?" "I thought I saw good stuff going up." "They started calling me a deer killer." "And then there's a campaign to shut me down." "I wasn't even online." "I was working." "there were death threats." "I'm sorry." "Mae." "I never meant for this to happen." "But I..." "I can fix it." "Mae." "Mae." "Will you listen to me?" "I can't do this." "I can't be a part of this world that you're creating." "What are you talking about?" "look at these people!" "Does this really seem okay to you?" "Mercer?" "I never killed any deer." "I don't kill deer." "let's not do this here." "Let's go upstairs." "Mae? and you were brave and excited." "And now it's all filtered through this." "Bye." "I can't believe I was so stupid." "I'm so lucky that you guys were around here." "Luck?" "Hell." "SeeChange cameras saved your life. and then we got a call from someone watching the seals." "how do you feel?" "Ashamed." "I..." "I barely slept." "I'm just glad you're safe." "We all are." "And everyone who watched your adventure online." "I hope your folks weren't too worried." "They're doing okay." "I understand your father's condition has improved." "Very much." "Mr. Bailey..." "I want to say how much I value my position here... and what you've done for my family." "and you're family." "And we care about everybody you care about." "this incident has actually shown a lot of people the necessity for SeeChange." "I'm so glad those cameras were there." "I wish you would've known there was a camera there but... is there anything you want to tell us?" "That I've been here before?" "the things we hide." "Of course I know you've been in here before." "do you feel better or worse?" "Better." "actually." "I am a believer in the perfectibility of human beings." "the possibilities are endless." "There isn't a problem that we cannot solve." "and... we can finally realize our potential." "This is a special Dream Friday." "I thought I'd change it up a bit today and not have a speech but an interview." "I had a conversation with a young Circler the other day that I wanted to share with you." "who some of you might know to join me today." "Mae's only been with us for a few months but she has made quite an impression." "Let's bring her out." "Mae Holland!" "how are you?" " Terrified." " Mm." "Don't be nervous." "Easy for you to say." "we have all seen but please describe what happened for us." "I committed a crime. and I wasn't wearing a life jacket. but you did risk your own life." "do you think you behave better or worse" " when you are being watched?" " Better." "Without a doubt." "And what happens when you're alone and unobserved?" "I steal kayaks." "Jesus." "She's a natural." "Seriously." "I do things I don't wanna do." "I lie." "you had a way of putting it that I thought was very interesting and succinct." "Could you tell us all what you said?" "I said that secrets are lies." "Secrets are lies." "Go on." "Secrets are what make crimes possible." "We behave worse when we're not accountable." "I was my worst self because I didn't think anyone was watching." "I thought... that I was alone." "Mae?" " Was it beautiful?" " It was." "There was almost a full moon." "And it felt like... it felt like I was paddling through liquid silver." "sounds incredible." "But there's no record of any of it." " Not outside my own memory." " Hmm." "Okay." "So now here we get into something personal. who was born with cerebral palsy." "And though he's living a very full life he is confined to a wheelchair." "He can't walk." "He can't run." "He can't go kayaking." "what does he do if he wants to experience something like that?" "he watches video." "He looks at pictures." "And much of his experiences of the world come through the experience of others. he feels like he's climbed Mount Kenya. he feels in some way that he's sailed in the America's Cup too." "And these experiences were facilitated by generous humans and there are many others out there that are just like Gunner." "Now does it feel right to have deprived them" "Mae?" "It doesn't." "It feels very wrong." "It was selfish. you're essentially stealing from them." "Knowledge is a basic human right." "Access to all possible human experience is a basic human right." "for your candor and your consummate humanity." "Now... now the best part. uh..." "Mae has some news." "From now on..." "I'll be wearing a modified SeeChange camera at all times." "I'm going fully transparent." "maybe not in the bathroom." "I'll be starting immediately." "That's right." "Mae will be the first Circler to share every single second so let's give her an even bigger hand!" "I'm proud of you." "Mae!" "Mae!" "Mae!" "Mae!" "Mae!" "Mae!" "Mae!" "Mae!" "Hello." "everyone." "and I definitely need my coffee. and we're up to... 007 viewers." "Wow." "Did I tell you guys I'm not a morning person?" "among all of those viewers... are..." "Dad." "Mae." "Say hello to everyone." "Circle." "Look." "We match." " Yeah." " We sure do." " These are great." " Very stylish." "I love you guys." "I'll see you later." "sweetheart." "Mae. and this is where I still work at the Circle." "Because even though I have you guys looking over my shoulder..." "I'm still basically a guppy." " Go!" "Do it!" " Do it!" "Do it!" "Do it!" "my God!" "sheep." "sheep!" "that's our scene." "Whoo!" "we just need the name of a person who is historically significant." "my God!" "we don't know who that is." "trust me." "Home sweet home." "let's check in with the folks." "where are you guys?" "Yeah." " Yeah." "There you go." " Whoa!" "Ah!" "Um... because that definitely shouldn't have happened it definitely won't happen again." "You can trust me there." "This is me brushing my teeth." "I'm worried about you." "everyone. each and every one of you." "Never a boring day here. which is a treat for me." "I finally get to use my art history degree." "This was made by an artist who has frequently been in trouble in his own country. both for their persecution of the artist and for their restriction on Internet freedoms." "We have sent 180 million frowns from the U.S. alone." "You can bet that's gonna have an effect on the regime." "Annie." "Annie." "Annie!" "Annie!" "Annie!" "Annie Allerton!" "Are we alone?" "I have three minutes to use the bathroom without the video on." "Pervs." "How are you?" " Good." " Well... you should be good." "You're killing it." "Do you think?" "false modesty won't work here." "You should be psyched." "Yeah." " I am." " You're a meteor." "It's insane." "People are coming to me trying to get to you." "It's... crazy." "Annie?" "You look wiped." "Mae." "You know how much I like to be told right after I appear in front of your millions you're sweet." "Let me take you for dinner." "You gotta eat sometime." "no." "I just..." "I'm worried about you." " You're working too hard." " You're worried about me? but it's good to know you're worried about me." " I didn't mean it that way." " Don't worry in any way." "Mae." "Your confidence in me will be the wind beneath my wings." "How are your parents?" "Sorry." "They're over that little... episode?" "actually." "I guess it'll just take some time." "Mae." "Shit." "I'm fried." "And I have to pull another all-nighter." "Stenton is on my ass all the time." "I shouldn't have questioned him about that whole Senator Williamson thing." "And then..." "there's all the new work on Completion." "But I assume Bailey told you about that." "Of course." "Of course." "I'll be there at the Concept Kingdom meeting tomorrow." "What?" " There's a Concept Kingdom..." " I know what it is." "But you're going?" " Yeah." "Bailey said I should be there." " And broadcast it?" " Is that a problem?" " No." "that's all." "Those meetings are sensitive." "maybe he's planning on having you attend just the beginning." "you're in over your head." "Are you leaving?" "Yeah." "I could just die." "Annie?" "Hello." "See ya." "So here's how many people voted in the last national election." "Here's how many were eligible to vote." "And here is how many Americans are registered in the Circle." "And there's that guy. something we've discussed with Congresswoman Santos and others." "What if... your Circle profile automatically registered you to vote? with all the information that the government wants when you register to vote." "So why wouldn't the state consider you already registered when you open a Circle account?" "There's no reason. and they've agreed to push for legislation that would make your Circle account an automatic path to voter registration." "Bravo." "I think it's a great idea." "Mae." "Why couldn't we take it one step further?" "I..." "I don't have it completely figured out yet... go on." "You started really well there." "one step further." It's how the company was built." "Okay." "Working backwards from your goal..." "Go on." "We all agree 100 percent participation is what we'd like." "A hundred percent participation is the ideal." "yes." "And we already have 83 percent of voting-age Americans registered to the Circle." "Yep." "And it seems we're on our way to users being able to register it and maybe actually vote through their Circle account." "go on." "Why not require every voting-age citizen to have a Circle account?" "Let her finish." "Let her finish." "I know the initial reaction will be resistance." "how can we require anyone to use our services?" "But there are all kinds of things that are mandatory for citizens of this country." "Yep." "We have to pay taxes we don't wanna pay." "And we have to pay for Social Security." " We have to serve on juries." " Right." "not on the street." " We do." "We do have to be pee indoors." " She's right." "we have thousands of laws. but we don't require them to vote?" "They are already doing this in dozens of countries." "users will already be registered." "That means you have 241 million voters eligible to vote." "You have 241 million voters that have to vote." "You have the full will of the nation." " And how exactly do we do that?" " Annie." "Annie." "Remember to take five minutes and vote." "It's what we would do with our own surveys." "You know that." "what about stragglers?" " We all pay taxes." "80 percent of us did that online last year." "Why not stop duplicating services?" "Why not just make it all part of one unified system? all through your Circle account." "We'd save users hundreds of hours of inconvenience." " We'd save the government billions." " Hundreds of billions." "We could eliminate half of it overnight." "Why wouldn't the government just build a similar service?" "Why the hell does it need us?" "It would cost too much." "They don't have the expertise." " We already have the infrastructure." " You're absolutely right." "The government needs us more than we need them." "Imagine having the full will of the people." "Instantly." "You'd have... true democracy for the first time in human history." "This is such bullshit." "No voter suppression." "You're voting from home." "Think of the implications for totalitarian regimes." "No more rigged elections." "The UN can demand that they're held through the Circle." "But only if everyone is heard." "Every human on Earth. everyone in the world in seconds on any subject." "right?" " Right." "Yeah!" "So it looks like I've got 20 minutes here." "Let's try Mom and Dad." "what's up?" "Hi." "where have you been?" " Mae." "I've seen your cameras aren't working." "I can send Tech out... we disconnected them." "Sweetheart... we can't keep doing this." "it's more than we ever... and we don't wanna..." " We love you." "We love you." " We have to have our privacy." "And we're worried you don't realize what you've gotten yourself into." "I'm so sorry." "I didn't mean to hurt you." "we know that." "it's us." " We just need you to understand that." " I love you." " We love you too." "honey." "Mae!" "everyone." "I'm Mae Holland." "Okay. when all of humanity is connected and united." "And it will happen." "22 nations have agreed in principle to operate their elections through the Circle with mandatory participation from all of its citizens. they can be better served. who don't want to be woven into the fabric of society want to tear out that fabric?" "I want to introduce Soul Search. here and globally." "Do you feel ready?" "yeah!" "You went well so far." "Great. a proven menace to our global community." "Soul Search will locate them in under 20 minutes." "Wow." "Let's select that fugitive." "Okay." "England." "She was convicted of triple murder in 2004." "She locked her three children in the closet and went on holiday to Spain." "They all starved." "She was sent to prison in England but escaped with the help of a guard who she apparently seduced." "Over a billion people are watching." "Let's see how many are in the UK." "Do you all think 14 million Brits and a billion global participants worldwide can find Fiona Highbridge in under 20 minutes?" "Yeah!" "Yeah!" "All right." "Let's bring up the clock." "Good." "Is everyone ready?" "On your mark... get set... go!" "time to get serious." "Mae." "That's her." "Be careful." "I will." "Whoa!" "Whoa!" "Fiona!" "Stop!" " Follow her." " Stop her!" "Somebody stop her!" "She's a killer!" "Stop her!" "Somebody stop her!" " Go!" " Grab her!" "Stop her!" "Somebody grab her!" " She must be kept safe." " Keep her safe." " It's Fiona Highbridge!" " No!" "No!" "No!" "All right." "Watch it." "No." "Stop the clock." "baby!" "I guess that's it." "Let's do another!" "We could." " Um..." " Maybe not a fugitive this time." "Let's try for a regular civilian." "everyone." "We're gonna find a regular person." "It can be anyone." "a lost love." "we can never lose a friend." "We can take a suggestion from the audience." " Uh... anyone?" " Find Mercer!" "I'm pretty sure he doesn't wanna be found." " Anyone else?" " Where's Mercer?" "this is what Soul Search is all about as well as Completion." "Other suggestions?" " Let's try Mercer." " Mercer!" "Mercer!" "Mercer!" "Mae." "No." "Mercer!" "Mercer!" "no." "I... this is the right choice." "everybody." "Hey." "don't you? okay?" "The perfect use of Soul Search." "Let's find your friend." "now." "Okay. um... a friendship." "This is my friend Mercer." "I haven't seen him in a while." "I'd love to see him again. he's not a criminal." "people." "Let's see if we can break our previous record." "Whoo!" "yeah." "Unbelievable." "Can you believe that?" "Yes!" "Do you think he's in here?" " Mercer!" " Mercer!" "are you in there?" "making chandeliers?" "we know you're in there." "We see your truck." "It's right here." " I think he's in there." " Fine." "Let's go around." "he's in there!" "come out." "He's gotta be here." "okay?" "we know you're in there." "You found where he is." "You did it." "I think we should leave." "stay on this." "You've got millions of people enjoying this." "There he is." "There he is." "There he is." "We just got Mercer." "I cannot believe this." "There he is!" "He's in the driveway!" "Leave me alone!" "Jesus Christ!" "You're kidding me." "Can someone please get me audio on the camera?" "Mercer." "stop driving." "It's just me." "stop the truck." "You're surrounded by friends." "Can we turn the speaker up?" "Mercer." "Can you hear me?" "it's me." "You're surrounded by friends." "stop." "sweetie?" "You've been in bed for three days." "okay?" "I've got some new snapdragons that need to be planted." "Okay?" "Honey." "honey." "Oh." "Oh." "The California Department of Motor Vehicles has proposed regulation that self-driving cars should be required to have a licensed driver inside." "Is that a good principle? we would not suggest putting something unsafe on the road." "That's why we have fed..." "Mae." "Where are you?" " Are we alone?" " Yes." "Are we?" "Yes." "How is it daytime where you are?" "you're in Scotland." "I went home." "Can you see?" "What happened?" "besides almost ODing on speed and Soylent?" "I found out I'm allergic to wheat." "Um..." "I don't know." "I guess I almost died?" "don't." "Don't make me cry." "Come on." "No." "I'm not going to cry anymore." "You getting better there?" "I am." "and I think I daydream." "Hadn't done that in years." "I'm glad you called." "too." "I know." "really sorry about Mercer." "And I'm a shit friend." "I should've said something sooner." "and I'm sorry." "It's just so horrible." "Have they spoken to you about it?" "Not yet." "I'm going in tomorrow." "Uh-huh." "They ask for forgiveness and never for permission." "They have to go." "They've broken a hundred laws." "They've made me suffer a thousand regulations." "There's got to be a way to..." "What?" "Stop people doing bad shit?" "Yeah." "too?" "I've got an extra bed if you want it." "just being with you." " Even like this." " Yeah." "Yeah." "I know." "This is going to sound crazy." "But..." "I keep having this feeling that..." "Mercer would still be here if we hadn't lost touch." "what were you supposed to do?" "he drifted away." "It happens." "all this power." "technology didn't exactly help the situation." "What if it could? and your light was still on." "What were you doing in your room?" "Were you on the phone?" "It helped." "I have friends all over the world." "They care." "Mm." " I spoke to Annie." " How is she?" "Good." "Better." "I realized how much I missed her." "I have to go back." "Go back where?" "Not to the Circle." "Mom." "a bad system." "It..." "It can be fixed." "Mom. you make them safer." "at least wait a bit." "I'm the only one who can do this." "I'm sorry." "I love you." "it's me." "Mae." "How are you holding up?" "actually." "I'm coming in to see them today." "anything you need." "We were worried when we didn't hear from you for so long." "We were very concerned." "No contact for four days." "Your camera was off." "How are you doing?" "I'm okay." "Tom and I have been talking about how little we knew about this young man Mercer." "He's someone we should have been able to help." "A fund should be established for his family." "that's done." "we would like to offer you a new role maybe a lighter schedule." "and you can think long-term." "if you wanted." "Ty Lafitte..." " Yeah." "and now he loves his freedom. but at our next Dream Friday..." "We're going to imagine a world in which every disturbed young man could be kept safe." "Would you like to join us?" "I'm not sure I'm ready for that." "But... thanks for the invitation." "Take your time." "I did what you asked." "You won't believe the shit I found." "I'm so sorry." "but they should build a monument to Mercer." "this... this changes everything." "right? and it changes everything." "Hello." "Hello again." "Mae. but we didn't have the technology." "But we will. and optimize Circle services across all platforms." "Shopping." "Lodging." "Attractions." "Attractions like Mae Holland." "come on out here." "Mae." "you're transparent again." "Look at that." "hello." "Mae Holland." "Mae!" "Mae is a brave person really." "Eamon." "And I couldn't agree with you more." "too." "Tom?" "You want to come out?" " Come on." " There you are." "I want to thank everyone here and around the world for the support you've given me since we lost Mercer." "I've realized something about myself and about the Circle." "It's that I don't want to be disconnected." "my loved ones." "We lost track of Mercer." "But what if we never lost touch with each other?" "What if instead of searching... we always knew?" "What I am proposing is radical openness and unbroken connection." "It would have to start here." "Mm-hm." "You know the usual hypocrisy of the digital world." "and yet our leaders... live above it." "So I want to invite Eamon and Tom to join me in this experiment that they've pioneered." "I invite them to set an example for the Circle and the world... to go transparent." "guys?" "Will you join me?" "their every word? never erased." "Ty Lafitte has helped us make every document in the company's history public." "every plan including... and their private accounts... and their secondary confidential accounts. not even their assistants or wives knew existed." "Until now." "It's all been sent to you already." "We are so fucked." "I think we're entitled to that kind of access." "Don't you?" "Yeah." "you are a very brave woman to do this." "There are no more secrets." "Privacy was a temporary thing." "And now it's over." "We won't live in the shadows anymore." "Hey." "Good timing." "Thank you." "Thank you. the difference between public and private." "Aren't you all? I'm tired of standing here in the dark." "Don't worry." "Eamon will catch up." "Or maybe he won't." "it's time for a change." "We're gonna remake this place." "we will set an example for everyone." "The future won't wait." "Hello." "'Tis the gift to be simple." "'Tis the gift to be free." "'Tis the gift to come down." "Where we ought to be." "And when we find ourselves." "In the place just right." "To bow and to bend." "We shan't be." "Ashamed." "turn." "Will be our delight." "To bow and to bend." "We shan't be." "Ashamed." "turn." "Will be our delight." "To bow and to bend." "We shan't be." "Ashamed." "turn." "Will be our delight." "To bow and to bend." "We shan't be." "Ashamed." "turn." "Will be our delight." "'Tis the gift to be simple." "'Tis the gift to be free." "'Tis the gift to come down." "Where we ought to be." "And when we find ourselves." "In the place just right"