Algorithmic Taxman
Christopher Cooke
- 15
- to
- 20
- years
- into
- the
- future,
- taxes
- are
- kept
- to
- a
- bare
- minimum
- by
- political
- consensus.
- Thirty-something
- Mathew
- is
- recruited
- via
- an
- online
- algorithmic
- ad
- by
- a
- government
- agency.
- Its
- goal:
- to
- encourage
- well-to-do
- altruistic
- citizens
- to
- donate
- surplus
- income
- or
- wealth
- to
- the
- public
- purse.
- The
- agency
- selects
- potential
- donors
- using
- sophisticated
- algorithms.
- Mathew's
- curiosity
- and
- suspicions
- are
- soon
- awakened
- around
- the
- agency's
- true
- nature
- and
- purpose.
- With
- Emily's
- help,
- another
- new
- recruit,
- he
- begins
- to
- scrutinise
- the
- agency
- and
- its
- staff.
- Mathew's
- dreamworld
- and
- wargaming
- hobby
- become
- increasingly
- woven
- into
- the
- unfolding plot.
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