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Maria stirs from her sleep. She is awoken by a combination of soft tones, the opening of her curtains, and sounds of birds chirping. After she rises, a warm artificial voice informs her that her sleep has been logged and is being distributed to the proper databases. Upon opening her eyes, she notices that her wall display indicates account totals higher than usual. Sensing her pleasant curiosity, the voice explains that several of the AIs studying sleep recognized a gap in data regarding young women of Hispanic descent, so she was given an extra 20% incentive for participating. Maria pauses, and sighs with relief as she remembers the anonymity clause in her sleep-data smart contract; she is still getting used to life on the blockchain.
After preparing for her day, Maria walks out onto her front porch where her car service has just arrived. â45th and Reynolds,â she announces, confirming the destination already displayed on the carâs front panel. She glances calmly as cars pass by, eating the breakfast burrito she chose to prepare herself.
She steps out of the car moments before it whizzes off to its next destination. Keith, absentmindedly swiping away at the panel located on his sleeve, slowly raises his eyes as he becomes aware of her. âYou really shouldnât do that without paying attention. Theyâre paying you,â she scolds. âEh,â he shrugs. âSo what if some bloke gets a little bit of fake news in his feed. Thereâre millions of us.â âThatâs not the poi-â Keith interrupts with a smirk. âYeah, maybe if these contracts paid me like they pay you. How much did you get for your location data on the ride here?â âI donât know; I didnât check. Itâs automated. No oneâs in charge and no oneâs out to get you. Iâm not obsessed with tokens like some of us,â she replies. âWell, one of us has to be. This projectâs gonna take a lot more energy than we originally expected. We canât just rely on standard allowance; weâre gonna have to dip into our energy tokens.â âIâll talk to our people in the Philippines when they wake up.â
Hours later, Maria finds herself deep in an argument with a roboticist contractor. âFrankly, these tokens just arenât enough,â scoffs the man. âThatâs not what we agreed on, Hank.â Maria finds herself holding back her anger. âTake up a contract conflict if you want.â Maria leaves, trying to contain her frustration.
On her ride home, Maria motions the computer to pull up nearby a restaurant the size of a walk-in closet. âJarvisâs Placeâ reads in neon lights across the top of the sole entrance. She seats herself in the well-decorated private room and exclaims loudly, âTodayâs been rough, Jarv.â âThe usual, then?â replies a calm voice. âNah, something stronger,â she sighs. âVery well, your wait will be four minutes.â She doesnât mind the usual long wait. She enjoys staring through the transparent ceiling and looking at the clouds before noticing a drone appearing from the corner of the window, lowering a tray of steaming falafel and two colorful cocktails. âWeâve been getting a lot of these lately,â notes the voice. âYeah, well,â she sighs again. âThis smart-grid upgrade is more costly than we thought⊠â She finishes her last drink and makes a hastily-scribbled mental note about the food tokens spent on her way out of the restaurant.
Maria unwinds with a sigh and raises her feet up onto the ottoman. A small display illuminates her wall. Just as the text becomes visible, she swipes her hand at it and it fades. âNot up to fulfilling your civic duty tonight?â asks the home narrator. âWhy do they always have to do it at night?â she whines. âI believe thatâs part of the point, Maria. The contractors are hoping you might be too tired to vote.â âWell,â she says, âtonight, theyâre right.â She shuts her eyes, hoping for a brighter tomorrow.
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