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This is not the future we were promised.
Like, how about that for a tech line for the show?
From the BBC, this is The Interface,
the show that explores how tech is rewiring your week and your world.
This isn't about quarterly earnings or about tech reviews.
It's about what technology is actually doing to your work and your politics, your everyday life.
and all the bizarre ways people are using the internet.
Listen on bbc.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
A tale so terrifying it could turn your hair white.
This isn't a story to listen to alone, but if you're feeling brave, let's begin.
We find ourselves at a dinner party one cold Christmas Eve as the guests gather around the fireplace telling ghost stories.
In a low voice, one guest describes a young and idealistic governess.
a kind of old-fashioned home tutor, whose name he does not recall.
One day the governess meets a mysterious, well-turned-out man,
who persuades her to take up a job looking after his niece and nephew at Bly,
a secluded country house, after the previous governess died.
The man himself is to stay in London, and strict orders are given that he is never to be contacted.
It all sounds a bit strange, doesn't it?
And as we'll see, things soon take a turn for the worse.