Tag: Taiwan

Republicans Passed a Vote to Protect Banks From Consumers. Yes, You Read That Right.

Donald Trump won the presidency on the back of his 'drain the swamp' rhetoric, rallying the rust belt against 'crooked' Hillary Clinton, not quite the wolf of Wall Street, but possibly the witch of it. Yesterday, suspicions held by some people that the Republicans weren't exactly the champions of middle America were partially vindicated, after the Senate's decision to overturn a piece of legislation that...

China is Creating a “Social Score” to Rate Citizens and it’s Terrifying

In the first episode of the most recent season of Charlie Brooker's hit dystopian drama Black Mirror, he imagines a society in which every social interaction is rated and ranked like an Uber ride. If you're pleasant and polite, you get a good rating. If you're grumpy and rude, your ranking slips. Each person, like each Uber driver and customer, has an overall score between...
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