Spaceship

Some of Tokyo’s trains have gone full sci-fi mode—no more crumpled paper ads on the sides. Instead, it’s all sleek LCD screens, bombarding you ads. The trains themselves are unsettlingly clean, almost too perfect, with no gum under the seats, no forgotten newspapers, and no sun-bleached posters that overstayed their welcome. It’s impressive, sure, but it feels like we’ve lost a bit of that analogue clutter that made trains feel lived-in. Now, even the distractions are algorithmically optimised. Feels less like public transport, more like gliding through a dystopian future where even mess has been eradicated.