Beyond Consensus

To observe is to create. You take one look and reality collapses into a deterministic state. Collapse worker Jiang Yin made a living by staring into shape, until he discovered that his sister was slowly being reshaped by the gaze of the entire neighborhood - she used to laugh a lot, but now everyone remembers her as "always quiet". Memory is consensus, and consensus shapes reality. Intelligent agents are sparse in poor areas, and cognitive gaps are even wider; rich people hoard shaping energy, and even "being seen" is a privilege. He wanted to save her, but every time he looked at her, he accelerated her change. Observation has a price. Beyond consensus lies the truth.