While sitting on a park bench with her mother, Shauna, a teenager, watched a VR documentary for her class about the 21st century.


    "With overwhelming crime waves, domestic, violent, and minor infractions, law enforcement and prosecutors gave up and focused only on the bigger cases. The public''s trust in ''the system'' was at an all-time low. Many armed themselves and took to vigilantism until …"


    The broadcast glitched.


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    "Oh, darn, they were going to say what happened."


    "What were you watching?" asked her mother.


    "A documentary segment about crime in the 21st century. It was saying something was going to change it."


    "Oh, I can tell you about that, honey," said her mother.


    "So, what happened, Mom?"


    "The Singularity, of course. AI prosecutors and police androids cleaned up our society in a single sweep."


    "Oh, I see." Shauna unwrapped a candy, put it in her mouth, and accidentally dropped the wrapper.


    "Shauna! Pick that up now! Do you want me to go to prison?"