I'm a technologist, but I can't help but be reminded of the novel _This Perfect Day_ by Ira Levin here. (Especially once you replace the question "do I have en

I'm a technologist, but I can't help but be reminded of the novel _This Perfect Day_ by Ira Levin here. (Especially once you replace the question "do I have enough money to walk out the door with this item?" with "is my government-calculated social reputation score high enough to walk out the door with this item?")