Related....
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/16/china-social-credit-system-ant-financials-sesame-credit-and-others-give-scores-that-go-beyond-fico.html

Xi is going to have those poor souls nailed down.  My concern is that we're not far behind.

Quote from: rcjordan on March 28, 2018, 07:23:23 PM
My concern is that we're not far behind.

Me too. I'm mostly an optimist, but I see a lot of problems for humanity over the short term (next 50-100 years). My father, traditionally an incorrigible optimist, now often says things like "Well, at least I won't be around to have to deal with that."