Ships of Dignity
He saved them. Then the market bought them.
Everyone expectsThe world cannot agree how to house refugees.
Liam O’Donovan can no longer bear watching people die while an adequate response fails to appear.
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Discounts for Attention
The attention bargain moves into everyday services.
Everyone expects
Advertising pays for free apps.
What I found
Half-price haircut. Just keep your eyes open.
The barber’s mirror shows advertising through the cut. Customers who agree to watch pay less. The bargain spreads from media into ordinary purchases and services.
Price-sensitive customers can trade attention for access. Businesses acquire another payer, and the difference between a premium and a subsidised experience becomes something people live throughout the day.
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The Time Travel Trading Company
Do we rescue them—or hire them cheap?
Everyone expectsA time gate lets us rescue our descendants.
A time gate connects us with people living in a damaged future. We have resources they need. They have labour we can buy cheaply.
Follow how it could happenDream Advertising
She paid to be in your dreams.
Everyone expectsNeural interfaces restore lost abilities.
People can purchase appearances in somebody else’s dreams. Aiden keeps seeing the same woman. His suspicion grows alongside feelings he does not want to dismiss.
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