Scored to Death

<p>In a near-future America ravaged by escalating climate disasters and economic inequality the government mandates Resilience Scoring for all citizens-a AI-driven algorithm that tracks personal carbon footprints productivity and social compliance to allocate scarce resources like water housing and healthcare. A mid-level bureaucrat who uncovers how the system is rigged to favor the elite by falsifying data must choose between exposing the corruption-risking their own score plummeting to zero and facing exile to flooded reclamation zones-or exploiting it to climb the ranks in a society where survival depends on gaming the algorithm.</p>