“Those directors can’t match our professional search capabilities. We’re not just looking at tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands or millions of people. The tools and techniques we use are more sophisticated than any director’s. The computers at the police analysis center, say, can find a match out of upwards of a hundred million faces in just half a day.
Liu Cixin, The Dark Forest
@strypey Since you were in doubt as to whether his books 'reperesented tacit approval of "China's surveillance and control society"'
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@strypey "Tyler" here is part of the "Wallfacer project" which is meant to defend humanity from the aliens, along with the person the policeman is talking to in the first screenshot.
The "Wallfacers" are people who have unquestionable command over government resources within a very large budget, presented as necessary in the face of the aliens superior capabilities. They were picked by the UN and considered to still be on duty even if they refuse (it makes sense in the story, sort of).
The "Wallfacers" are people who have unquestionable command over government resources within a very large budget, presented as necessary in the face of the aliens superior capabilities. They were picked by the UN and considered to still be on duty even if they refuse (it makes sense in the story, sort of).
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@strypey Throughout the books, this sort of thing is presented as normal and necessary.
Idk. I'm basically going based off of vibes here. But I think that's okay when it comes to fiction.
Idk. I'm basically going based off of vibes here. But I think that's okay when it comes to fiction.
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