Maladaptable petit malware

In maintaining a story line that parallels our storyline, I want subplots that will lead to interesting twists and turns many moons from now.

In researching some of the upcoming changes in our society's movement, I have reopened the gate to the hidden garden where those people live who support Mainstream Avenue but don't live there.

And, of course, microbursts and dirt devils have swept through the garden, creating a maze, but not a well-formed labyrinth.

Sinkholes (but not of Guatemalan character) and cisterns lead to other levels.

Let's kick this journey into gear, using popular media as a guide.

Start with "Splice," move over to "Paris, je t'aime," wander through part of "Tideland," take a hike up and down Buck's Pocket, finish "Tideland" and then end this first sojourn with "Getting Gilliam" by Vincenzo Natali.  Think about "Goonies" and "Pan's Labyrinth," if you like.  Don't forget the early British videogame environments.

Are you done yet?

Do you get an image of those filmmakers' version of the garden?

Forget everything you saw.

The new garden doesn't exist yet.

The workers are gathering their tools and ideas right before your eyes.

We start with the writing instruments.

First, the workers held a device in their hands - chalk, charcoal, pen or pencil.

Next, the workers learned to type on a keyboard.

Then, they learned to work keyboards with their thumbs.

Here's the fun part - the writing devices move into the body next.  Implants in the wrist pick up the central nervous system signals that thought out the typing/texting.  After that, implants in the brain pick up the signals before they're thought into body movements.

What does the garden have to do with this?

The garden is where we put those who didn't integrate the changes well or fast enough to show significant progress.

Where is the garden?

The garden is Earth.

You can figure out the rest of the story.