BlakelyFuturist
Technology. Law. Justice. The future arrives before the law. And of Justice?
The freewheeling Justícia of 2095 is fed by a new set of tolls. No longer is man concerned primarily with protection of the individual from totalitarian controls which troubled the likes of Ayn Rand and George Orwell. The struggle has shifted to that between unrestrained individuals and the lone defendant; the so-called rabble now hold the gavel.
Quaking from public pressure and accusations of gender bias, Congress relents and approves the wartime draft of women. As female death tolls skyrocket, Captain Mika Sirena must go to battle against a legendary Admiral of the Fleet charged with exclusive control over implementing the draft. The outcome will determine whether glory is achieved, or keelhauled, in their wake. Are we prepared with gatekeepers on the next road to war?
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Anonymous Privilege
Covert micro-sensors have taken their seat at the table-head of our most trusted institution, the Court. At the people's state courthouse in Saint Trennen, a border town along the lower Mississippi, the wonders of technology and the craft of judging collide with social vice. Judge Luisa Vega struggles to preserve anonymity for her extra-judicial passion — and may be the only hope for a man charged with murder.
Juror Influence Over Dangerous Technology?
Who will decide the limits of Chinese 5G devices and the reach of AI enabled detection and tracking technology in America?
Political decision-makers at local and national levels are frequently unqualified to comprehend the technology they are supposed to regulate. Yet it wasn't till 1901 that the first speed limits were enacted in Connecticut — lawmakers were nearly ten years behind the technology curve.
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