Introduction to the work "Qin Xianglian in 2126"
A perfect social system is the protector of citizens.
In 2126, the Family Court's automated screening system discovered an overdue support case - No. FD-2126-004782, with arrears of 74 months and two dependents.
The system didn't know that behind this number was a woman named Qin Xianglian. She had waited fourteen years.
The system also didn't know that the debtor had changed his name three times, four states, and two marriages, becoming a federal science and technology policy adviser and the consort of the Winthrop family.
The system only knows: the numbers don't match. If the numbers don't match, the program will start.
Legal aid is automatically assigned, evidence is automatically cross-referenced, accounts are automatically frozen, and prosecutors automatically file cases. Qin Xianglian did not hire a lawyer, write a pleading, or beg anyone. She just received a call in the early hours of one morning: "You have been discovered."
Three court hearings followed. Bigamy. Abandoned. Attempted murder.
The defendant Chen Shimei - no, Andrew Chen Winthrop - saw his fourteen years in court for the first time: bank statements, tax returns, encrypted communications, surveillance videos. He changed his name, but the system remembered it. He deleted the address, but the system remembered it. He thought that the processed past was just "unread messages" in the database.
Qin Xianglian did not kneel down to beg or cry out for injustice. The social system helps every citizen who encounters injustice or harm and automatically initiates legal proceedings. The system does not sleep, does not accept gifts, and does not ask if you have a backer. All it asks is: Your Social Security number, correct?
Losing trust is not an event, it is a process, like the water level rising one centimeter a day. By the time you realize it, you are already standing in waist-deep water.
Wealth, status, beauty and beauty are all illusory things, but there are many people who go all out and do whatever it takes to get them.
Advanced social systems proactively seek justice for those who have suffered injustice and harm
If you have been unfairly or harmed, the social system knows!
A thousand years later, I rewrote this story, deliberately taking away all the "happens": no honest officials, no petitions, no begging, no pretending to be pitiful, no showing of weakness. In 2126, cars don't even have drivers. What serves Qin Xianglian is a cold automatic system. It doesn't look at tears, doesn't accept bribes, and won't be soft-hearted just because she's pitiful - it only recognizes records. Chen Shimei could change her name, wife, city and even life, but she could not change the seventy-four months and eleven days of vacancy in the system.
The "good and evil will be rewarded" that we miss has a new name in the civilized era, called procedural justice. It's not fast, it's not warm, but it's never absent.
Losing trust is not an event, it is a process, like the water level rising one centimeter a day. By the time you realize it, you are already standing in waist-deep water.
Wealth, status, beauty and beauty are all illusory things, but there are many people who go all out and do whatever it takes to get them.
Advanced social systems proactively seek justice for those who have suffered injustice and harm
If you have been unfairly or harmed, the social system knows!
A thousand years later, I rewrote this story, deliberately taking away all the "happens": no honest officials, no petitions, no begging, no pretending to be pitiful, no showing of weakness. In 2126, cars don't even have drivers. What serves Qin Xianglian is a cold automatic system. It doesn't look at tears, doesn't accept bribes, and won't be soft-hearted just because she's pitiful - it only recognizes records. Chen Shimei could change her name, wife, city and even life, but she could not change the seventy-four months and eleven days of vacancy in the system. The "good and evil will be rewarded" that we miss has a new name in the civilized era, called procedural justice. It's not fast, it's not warm, but it's never absent.