Tag: crime
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Machine Prediction
Police departments were in a difficult situation. Forced to monitor the streets using History, they suddenly witnessed every single time someone broke the law in public. They could not ignore what they saw because everyone else had the same access to History and could see it too. But the bureaucracy that came with dealing with…
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Delayed law enforcement
While many enjoyed broadcasting every second of their lives, others dreaded being unknowingly historized. And rightly so: cases of pedophiles, stalkers, and thieves using History became increasingly common. The media was obsessed, and not only out of a sense of duty to report on relevant happenings: they feared being displaced by it and becoming obsolete.…
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A Game of Wormholes
“She just went through another one!” Everyone else in the room switched their attention to the technician. “Which one?” “It’s not on the map, I think. Looks like an inner patio with exits to several streets.” He typed some incantations that the computer answered with an address. “Which streets?” Asked another technician while the security…