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There’s No Such Thing As A Secret
Not in our advanced technological world
An artificial intelligence (AI) robotic voice begins talking to me as soon as I turn on my computer. I listen in shock and total confusion.
“It’s Wednesday, 9 November 1978 and you are heading to the nudist beach today,” the robot tells me.
What … how … why … where? It is 2023, not 1978.
I sit stunned as I watch the computer screen commence playing a video, in full screen, without any instructions from me.
Rushing past my eyes is a video of the azure blue water, the pristine white sand, naked tanned bodies and, oh no, that’s me. Me; naked, golden brown, slim with an hour-glass figure and only 18 years old.
My thoughts are scrambled but one thought echoes over and over again. I’m going out of my mind — or is this a dream?
I had turned my computer on to begin my work day, but instead of my log on screen, there is this video playing of me in my youth.
A video that shouldn’t be in existence!
Why?
Because there was never any such video taken … not ever.
Yes, I did go to a nudist beach on Wednesday, 9 November 1978, or thereabouts. Yes, the beach was as gorgeous as the one…
