[piyh]

Reminds me of the "Do not look at the moon" writing prompt. "Do not scan the QR code in the sky"

https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/8aec6t/wp_i...

[shagie]

There's a "solution" posed in Different Kinds of Darkness ( https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/different-kinds-o... ) - some of the background of the world is https://www.nature.com/articles/44964

[yreg]

Thanks for sharing, such a good prompt and story!