Though assertions have been made that
the app doesn't discriminate, one private credit system using the
data rates people not only on their financial data, but on their
choices as consumers and their activities. Friends can also rate each
other on the app, and some have even reported others through the app
regarding negative comments made about the government. Those that
have been labeled as society's losers have found it very difficult to
recover from the label, and their social credit score has severely
influenced and limited their options in society. This all sounds
eerily similar to the British scifi series “Black Mirror,” and
the first episode of its third season called “Nosedive.” But it's
not science-fiction. All of this is actually happening, right now.
And the groundwork for something similar has already been laid in
American smartphones and social media. Perhaps it's time to abandon
our smartphones, while we still can?
As seven alien races struggle to co-exist in an uneasy alliance, the Inter-Stellar Union sends Union Guard agents on missions to preserve the crucial balance. These specialized operatives must do what regional security cannot, dealing with smugglers, pirates, terrorists, and even greater challenges in order to bring stability to a universe that needs it desperately. Without the Union Guard, the races will not be prepared to face a looming alien threat they can only hope to defeat together.
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