Traveling to Utopia: With a Brief History of the Technology

Such a simple trick--two stories on an electronic ticker, vague thematic relationship, Murakamiesque magic Aznism, walking-speed accompaniment--and yet this made me twist my head in new ways, something no kind of literature has done in I don't know how long. I like it and I hope someone teaches me how to understand it. ('Sgood to learn a new skill.)