exᴘanᴅɪnɢ on mʏ ᴘoɪnᴛ aʙouᴛ ʟɪᴛeraᴛure, ᴛʜe "seconᴅ screen" ᴅɪrecᴛɪve ʟɪᴋeʟʏ aʟso ɪs resuʟᴛɪnɢ ɪn a "reaᴅers ᴅɪɢesᴛɪꜰɪcaᴛɪon" oꜰ ʙooᴋs ᴛʜaᴛ ᴛʜe orɪɢɪnaʟ, "ꜰuʟʟ" versɪon ɪs sᴛarᴛɪnɢ ᴛo more anᴅ more resemʙʟe ᴛʜose reaᴅers' ᴅɪɢesᴛ conᴅenseᴅ versɪons, wɪᴛʜ a ʟoᴛ ʟess vɪsuaʟʟʏ-sᴛɪmuʟaᴛɪnɢ "ʟonɢ-wɪᴅe" sʜoᴛ eʟemenᴛs ɪn ᴛʜe ʟɪᴛerarʏ ꜰorm.

ʜow cʟose we are ᴛo ʙrave new worʟᴅ/nɪneᴛeen eɪɢʜᴛʏ-ꜰour sᴛʏʟe socɪeᴛʏ ɪs ᴘroʙaʙʟʏ a ʟoᴛ cʟoser ᴛʜan ᴘeoᴘʟe susᴘecᴛ. ᴊusᴛ aᴅᴅ musᴋ's neuraʟɪnᴋ ᴛo sᴛɪmuʟaᴛe smeʟʟ/ᴛasᴛe/ᴛoucʜ sɪɢnaʟs ᴛo ɪnᴅuceᴅ sᴛereoscoᴘɪc vɪsɪon anᴅ we ʜave ꜰeeʟɪes, anᴅ ꜰor ᴛʜe ᴅʏsᴛoᴘɪan 1984 sᴛʏʟe, ᴘroʙaʙʟʏ ᴛʜeʏ wɪʟʟ craꜰᴛ sense-ɪmᴘressɪons ᴛo sᴛɪmuʟaᴛe aɢreemenᴛ anᴅ ɪncʟuᴅe ᴛʜe "ꜰɪrsᴛ screen" overʟaʏ ʙeɪnɢ ᴛʜe user's socɪaʟ meᴅɪa/sʜoᴘᴘɪnɢ ɪnᴛerꜰaces, anᴅ ᴛʜere ʏou ʜave ɪᴛ...

nexᴛ sᴛoᴘ, ᴘuᴘᴘeᴛ wʜores anᴅ memorʏ ɪmᴘʟanᴛs, a ʟa ᴘʜɪʟʟɪᴘ ᴋ ᴅɪcᴋ/wɪʟʟɪam ɢɪʙson/neaʟ sᴛeᴘʜenson.