Synopsis
A man visits his grandfather in a home. His grandfather is one of many who had a surgery to allow them to switch off when they were bored.
History
First publication: Asimovs, June 1999
Review
An interesting story, where a scientific/medical procedure seems to make real the ways that we all tune each other out. The characters literally can tune out and act on auto-pilot. This makes all the more obvious the distances that exist between all of us.
Videos
We have the story in these editions:
Asimov’s Science Fiction, June 1999, edited by Gardner Dozois, magazine, Dell, 1999-06-00
