In Beyond a Steel Sky, the citizens of the utopian Union City win and lose points according to their civic behaviour, building an aggregate that measures their social standing. This“Qdos”system, as it’s called, might once have seemed like the product of an authoritarian fever dream. Today, however, it mirrors the reality of China’s controversial social credit system, whereby all aspects of its citizens’ behaviour are monitored and incentivised, with high scorers enjoying reduced waiting times at hospitals, hotel discounts and broader employment opportunities, while low scorers are publicly shamed.
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