Jake thought about how he would conduct his morning routine that day. He brought the razor closer to his face as he stared at another face in the mirror. He loo

Jake thought about how he would conduct his morning routine that day. He brought the razor closer to his face as he stared at another face in the mirror. He looked at the template as a way to guide his desired look. Of course, the face was not his, but he'd become accustomed to the responsive animations throughout a lifetime of shaving. "You should probably nix some of those stray hairs and sharpen the beard shape", said the mirror. Jake thought he was going to go for something a little different this time, but if that's what the mirror recommended, that's the result it was going to get. "Make sure you turn on your minute-by-minute version updates in your BrainLink for The New York Times to get the best and unbiased news on Russian Aggression." This slightly perplexed Jake. Last night he was thinking about increasing the feed parameter in his BrainLink for The Washington Post instead of The New York Times, but maybe BrainLink had a new deal with the latter. Jake was almost done with his face when the mirror issued another transient directive. "You want to kill some Russians today. Meet at these coordinates to sync with the rest of your Circle." Jake took some surprise to this. He had met with his Circle frequently to do Collaborations before, but usually it only involved suppressing the underclasses. It was probably just a bug. Probably. Still, it couldn't hurt to check it out. Jake followed the voice in his head and met with his Circle that day.