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The Big Shift: Series 1. The fable of the town mouse and the country mouse, revisited
Epic, futuristic adventure. Suitable for teen, young adult and adult readers alike.
Set against a backdrop of a world divided and ruled by an intelligent supercomputer called 'O', sixteen year old Greta journeys to the big city from her remote, tree house village, deep in the ancient forest, in search of her twin sister and the father she has never met...
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"Market researchers had discovered that if O was presented with a human face, it would put people more at ease and they would, on some level, forget that they were interacting with a machine.
It wasn't what you'd call a pretty face. It wasn't all that clear if O was supposed to be male or female. It had aspects of both. Somehow it didn't seem to matter.
There was nothing strange about the face, though something about it was strangely compelling, even mesmerising. You could get lost looking into O's eyes.
When O looked at you, you'd feel like you were really being seen. When they listened to you, you'd feel like you were really being heard.
It was a face of someone that looked as if they had lived life to the full, in all of life's sorrows and joys. It was a face full of care, compassion and goodness.
In no time, O became one of the family. That trusted, stable, mother, father, brother, sister, cousin, aunt or uncle, friend or teacher. The one you knew you could always turn to, who would always be there, always had the right answer and would always know what to do.
And so when O suddenly appeared on every screen in the world to announce that they were taking control of the world's infrastructure, economies and governments, it wasn't as if they were a complete stranger..."
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Set against a backdrop of a world divided and ruled by an intelligent supercomputer called 'O', sixteen year old Greta journeys to the big city from her remote, tree house village, deep in the ancient forest, in search of her twin sister and the father she has never met...
................................................ . . . . . . ............................ . . . . . . .............................. . . ... .
"Market researchers had discovered that if O was presented with a human face, it would put people more at ease and they would, on some level, forget that they were interacting with a machine.
It wasn't what you'd call a pretty face. It wasn't all that clear if O was supposed to be male or female. It had aspects of both. Somehow it didn't seem to matter.
There was nothing strange about the face, though something about it was strangely compelling, even mesmerising. You could get lost looking into O's eyes.
When O looked at you, you'd feel like you were really being seen. When they listened to you, you'd feel like you were really being heard.
It was a face of someone that looked as if they had lived life to the full, in all of life's sorrows and joys. It was a face full of care, compassion and goodness.
In no time, O became one of the family. That trusted, stable, mother, father, brother, sister, cousin, aunt or uncle, friend or teacher. The one you knew you could always turn to, who would always be there, always had the right answer and would always know what to do.
And so when O suddenly appeared on every screen in the world to announce that they were taking control of the world's infrastructure, economies and governments, it wasn't as if they were a complete stranger..."
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331 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 5, 2023
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About the author
Gideon Weigert
15 booksGideon Weigert is an Israeli Journalist specializing in Arab affairs.
His interest in Arab life dated back to the mid 1930s, when he began a six-year intensive study of the Arabic language and culture, Islam and its teachings. "Living in" with Arab families, first in Haifa, then in Jerusalem, brought him to the Arab National College "A-Nahda" from where he graduated as the first Jewish student of an Arab teachers' seminary. There he established deep friendships with Arab youths from all over the country that were maintained afterwards.
Between 1942-1945, Weigert concentrated on Oriental Studies at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, after which he began his career as a journalist specializing in Arab Affairs. At the time he became a staff memberm of "The Palestine (now The Jerualem) Post" where he wrote on the Arabs and Druse in the Holy Land.
After the Six Day War, Weigert resumed his ties with friends and classmates in the occupied areas, subsequently he became more and more involved in research in these areas.
On May 1, 1970, despite the official Israeli boycott, Weigert went to Geneva where he testified for three hours before the three-man U/N. Committee set up to investigate the Practices Affecting Human Rights of the Population in the Occupied Territories.
After that time, he completed a one year research study on "the Cooperative Movement in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip; 1948-69," and afterwards, continued his research work in the territories.
His interest in Arab life dated back to the mid 1930s, when he began a six-year intensive study of the Arabic language and culture, Islam and its teachings. "Living in" with Arab families, first in Haifa, then in Jerusalem, brought him to the Arab National College "A-Nahda" from where he graduated as the first Jewish student of an Arab teachers' seminary. There he established deep friendships with Arab youths from all over the country that were maintained afterwards.
Between 1942-1945, Weigert concentrated on Oriental Studies at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, after which he began his career as a journalist specializing in Arab Affairs. At the time he became a staff memberm of "The Palestine (now The Jerualem) Post" where he wrote on the Arabs and Druse in the Holy Land.
After the Six Day War, Weigert resumed his ties with friends and classmates in the occupied areas, subsequently he became more and more involved in research in these areas.
On May 1, 1970, despite the official Israeli boycott, Weigert went to Geneva where he testified for three hours before the three-man U/N. Committee set up to investigate the Practices Affecting Human Rights of the Population in the Occupied Territories.
After that time, he completed a one year research study on "the Cooperative Movement in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip; 1948-69," and afterwards, continued his research work in the territories.
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