James Williams sat with his attorney for his parole hearing.

His attorney whispered, "Now that the government shifted to a technocracy, finally we should see an unbiased, reasonable, and scientific approach. You might be a free man soon!"

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James smiled …

A representative of the parole board (of qualified scientists) spoke:

"Due to the heinous nature of your crimes, we're granting you conditional parole. Our doctors will cannibalize your body for organ donations, and your brain will link to a bio-neural think tank. There you'll ‘virtually’ and 'freely' contribute to our greatest problem-solving efforts."

James' hands trembled in their restraints.