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Digital Cattle

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CHAPTER

Social Credit Systems: Conditioning and Control

The chapter explores how social credit systems operate as a tool for conditioning individuals through rewards and punishments, akin to managing cattle by providing a basic income to keep them dependent. It discusses how individuals are incentivized to police each other for good social credit and the extraction of data to refine the system. Highlighting the manipulation and monitoring for data collection, the chapter paints a dystopian picture of a future where individuals trade freedom for comfort in a digitally controlled society.

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