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2055, in the mid of the 21th century the world was "sufficiently" digital. Even the Taliban in Afghanistan - a country once laughed about being cave man terrorist territory - had instant messengers and social media to communicate and spread their narratives. The poor, the rich. The school children, the seniors. By now everybody had mobile phones. Everybody had an account connected to the internet. And when you were dead your facebook account were simply put into memorial status. | 2055, in the mid of the 21th century the world was "sufficiently" digital. Even the Taliban in Afghanistan - a country once laughed about being cave man terrorist territory - had instant messengers and social media to communicate and spread their narratives. The poor, the rich. The school children, the seniors. By now everybody had mobile phones. Everybody had an account connected to the internet. And when you were dead your facebook account were simply put into memorial status. | ||
Even when you did not had a social media account. By using mobile phone the corporations were tracking all your steps. All your walked steps. The vaccination status, sleep periods, nutrition, shopping, leisure activities, reading behavior and consumed news feed and therefore your political liking. Intelligences had access to those information otherwise used by the corporations for ad placement, recommendation and profit maximization. AI supported surveillance and social credit system completed the profile. You had a file | Even when you did not had a social media account. By using mobile phone the corporations were tracking all your steps. All your walked steps. The vaccination status, sleep periods, nutrition, shopping, leisure activities, reading behavior and consumed news feed and therefore your political liking. Intelligences had access to those information otherwise used by the corporations for ad placement, recommendation and profit maximization. AI supported surveillance and social credit system completed the profile. You had a file whether you wanted or not. | ||
[Echo from the manual] ''Big Brother was well and alive.'' People had become made out of glass. | [Echo from the manual] ''Big Brother was well and alive.'' People had become made out of glass. | ||
Inspired by past conflicts and catastrophes the Chinese were first to use all those information for sophisticated QC-based simulations. Over the years they grew from state level to regional and eventually to global scales. The simulations are meant as a rough decision instrument, as a reinsurance that no crucial | Inspired by past conflicts and catastrophes the Chinese were first to use all those information for sophisticated QC-based simulations. Over the years they grew from state level to regional and eventually to global scales. The simulations are meant as a rough decision instrument, as a reinsurance that no crucial information or development is overlooked in politics or economy in times of crisis. | ||
[This could serve as a natural hook to a Biocracy thought within a Chinese perspective. The existing tools - the simulations - could be another door for Pensatore to reach Feng.] | [This could serve as a natural hook to a Biocracy thought within a Chinese perspective. The existing tools - the simulations - could be another door for Pensatore to reach Feng.] | ||