In this second story, a young man in just-colonized pre-literate West Africa is driven by his curiosity to learn how to write from a European missionary. This unfolds parallel to a completely different story, interspersed with the first. When he gives it a try himself, however, he realizes that the infallible video prevents people from lying to themselves about their own histories, and this could lead to a very different future, one which he’s uncertain will be better or worse. Initially, he approaches the technology with apprehension, concerned over the ramifications of human memory being replaced with searchable video logs. The unnamed narrator narrates his journey into researching and eventually, himself, trying out cutting-edge technology. Ted Chiang’s novella, “The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Fiction,” is a science fiction story framed as a journalist’s opinion piece.
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