After two major pandemics, a country has transformed itself using sophisticated algorithms, opening up green spaces in cities, defunding police and funding support systems, and other \“radical liberal\” policies. The story takes place as a referendum is about to be held to choose between continued decision-making by algorithm using a very complicated system of voting designed to avoid fraud and decision-making by citizen panels.
}, year = {2021}, journal = {Make Shift: Dispatches from the Post-Pandemic Future}, pages = {105-120}, month = {01/2021}, publisher = {The MIT Press}, address = {Cambridge, MA}, isbn = {978-0-262-54240-1 }, note = {Rpt. in The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 7. Ed. Neil Clarke (New York: Night Shade Books/Skyhorse Publishing, 2023), 60-75.
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