Fionnáin quoted The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy
Nominee for Best Historical Fiction (2022) 1980, PASS CHRISTIAN, MISSISSIPPI: It is three in the …
You might think that fingerprints and numbers give you a distinct identity. But soon there will be no identity so distinct as to simply have none. The truth is that everyone is under arrest. Or soon will be. They don't have to restrict your movements. They just have to know where you are.
— The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy (Page 421)
The words of Kline, a private detective, speaking in the ficticious 1980s. This is a fascinating take on the future present, put succinctly in a neat paragraph.