Big data meets Big Brother as China moves to rate its citizens

The new system reflects a cunning paradigm shift. As we’ve noted, instead of trying to enforce stability or conformity with a big stick and a good dose of top-down fear, the government is attempting to make obedience feel like gaming. It is a method of social control dressed up in some points-reward system. It’s gamified obedience.

via http://www.wired.co.uk/article/chinese-government-social-credit-score-privacy-invasion