An excerpt from the book “The Blood Ring.”
Tag: novel
Yellowcop is Everywhere.
It can see and hear everything. It can track where you are in the physical world and what you do in the virtual one. This panoptic surveillance network is legal and built into every electronic device, gadget or machine that comes off the factory floor, from robot trashcans to autonomous smartcars. Anonymity is officially dead, … Continue reading Yellowcop is Everywhere.
Why we have five internets
“This is why we have five Internet platforms right now. When hacker/pirates created the Angry Tree Protocol it hamstrung the original Cobweb. Two secure, private networks emerged from the anarchy. One using optical technology, the other satellite based, they tried to monetise information to the point of squeezing the average citizen out of the educational … Continue reading Why we have five internets
The Obliteration of the Brand
“96.3 percent of commercial brands were wiped out during the first ten years of the depression.” Holographon source: The_Obliteration_of_the_Brand^Holographon^^CORE The thirty years of economic recession have had profound consequences on businesses and industries, decimating commercial brands, leading to a staggering decline of 96.3 per cent. During a prolonged economic recession, businesses often struggle to maintain … Continue reading The Obliteration of the Brand
Superzoids die Superquick
“As a new generation adapts to the new oral technology, literacy rates are set to plunge within the next two decades. Already the cheaper manifestations of zoids have made it unnecessary for a vast number of humans to read or write. With the cost of education skyrocketing, the use of language will inevitably devolved into … Continue reading Superzoids die Superquick
“What economic depression?”
- Prime Executive Jorge Wilson, when asked about the effects of the 22-year long depression on the City-State's economy.