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Imagine that she wasnt a famous CEO and lost her job and spent the rest of her life struggling because of a silly mistake.

reaperducer 8y ago
It's China. So she's just have her social credit score repeatedly dinged every time the bus ran a red light until she wasn't allowed to travel anymore, wasn't allowed to work anymore, wasn't allowed to have a bank account, or allowed out of her apartment. Bureaucracy is so much more efficient when everything is automated, and we're all tabulated. We can just let the computers disappear troublesome people. If a few people are disenfranchised for no fault of their own, that's OK. They're just "edge cases." /s
- tlrobinson 8y ago
  Basically the Black Mirror “Nosedive” episode.
  - gsich 8y ago
    An even more dystopian view can be seen in the episode "White Christmas" at the end. I don't know if you have seen it, so I won't spoil it here.
- pteredactyl 8y ago
  This is exactly why the role of the state, in general, needs a much closer examination.
  - loeg 8y ago
    It's dystopian China. It's already basically several Black Mirror episodes put together. It doesn't generalize.
  - mytherin 8y ago
    The exact same things are done constantly by big companies (Google, Apple, etc.). The only difference is you have much less recourse when it happens there. At least the government gives you rights you can fight for in court.
    - icebraining 8y ago
      What's the process for fighting this in a Chinese court?
      - kkarakk 8y ago
        get jailed and shot for being subversive probably
    - pteredactyl 8y ago
      I did not say there should not be a government.
- carapace 8y ago
  Not just disappeared, troublesome people are recycled for spare parts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_harvesting_from_Falun_Gong_practitioners_in_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_harvesting_from_Falun_Go... Another dystopian sci-fi story come to life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organlegging https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organlegging

reaperducer 8y ago

It's China. So she's just have her social credit score repeatedly dinged every time the bus ran a red light until she wasn't allowed to travel anymore, wasn't allowed to work anymore, wasn't allowed to have a bank account, or allowed out of her apartment. Bureaucracy is so much more efficient when everything is automated, and we're all tabulated. We can just let the computers disappear troublesome people. If a few people are disenfranchised for no fault of their own, that's OK. They're just "edge cases." /s

tlrobinson 8y ago
Basically the Black Mirror “Nosedive” episode.
- gsich 8y ago
  An even more dystopian view can be seen in the episode "White Christmas" at the end. I don't know if you have seen it, so I won't spoil it here.
pteredactyl 8y ago
This is exactly why the role of the state, in general, needs a much closer examination.
- loeg 8y ago
  It's dystopian China. It's already basically several Black Mirror episodes put together. It doesn't generalize.
- mytherin 8y ago
  The exact same things are done constantly by big companies (Google, Apple, etc.). The only difference is you have much less recourse when it happens there. At least the government gives you rights you can fight for in court.
  - icebraining 8y ago
    What's the process for fighting this in a Chinese court?
    - kkarakk 8y ago
      get jailed and shot for being subversive probably
  - pteredactyl 8y ago
    I did not say there should not be a government.
carapace 8y ago
Not just disappeared, troublesome people are recycled for spare parts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_harvesting_from_Falun_Gong_practitioners_in_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_harvesting_from_Falun_Go... Another dystopian sci-fi story come to life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organlegging https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organlegging