I read some stuff about China that's pretty worrying. I read a claim that they're slowly tipping the status quo of world powers in their favor via the influence of "soft power". Based on the other stuff I've read, that'll probably suck more than this current AMERICA business if Chinese domination is in the cards.
China's implemented a social rating system for its citizens. Various things increase or decrease your score and you're allowed or denied services based on that. Also they have some pretty heavy-duty facial recognition with their infinite cameras, not all of which are positioned strictly to record public spaces. Not that surveillance is a Chinese exclusive or anything, but they seem to be taking it further.
China's implemented a social rating system for its citizens. Various things increase or decrease your score and you're allowed or denied services based on that. Also they have some pretty heavy-duty facial recognition with their infinite cameras, not all of which are positioned strictly to record public spaces. Not that surveillance is a Chinese exclusive or anything, but they seem to be taking it further.
Looks like we're not going down after all, so nevermind.