Jim Hanas is a Brooklyn-based writer of fiction and essays. His work has appeared in dozens of publications and anthologies, including Husserl Studies (half a lifetime ago, when he was a graduate student at the University of Memphis), Electric Literature, Fence, Joyland, McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, One Story, and in his 2010 short story collection Why They Cried (Joyland/ECW Press). His novel Lou Reed’s Nephew–based on the Substack serial of the same name–will be published in 2027 by Coffee House Press. Meanwhile, the series continues–alongside new essays and conceits–at loureedsnephew.com. Email: jimhanas [at] gmail [dot] com
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by Jim Hanas Any sufficiently advanced technology might be indistinguishable from magic, as Arthur C. Clarke said, but even small advances–if well-placed–can seem miraculous. I remember the first time I took an Uber, after years of fumbling in the backs of yellow cabs with balled up bills and misplaced credit cards. The driver stopped at…