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“Protocol One: Extraction. We remove the top ten percent
of your population by measures of empathy, wisdom, and
cooperative capacity. These individuals are relocated to a
Consortium world. The remaining ninety percent are left to
their fate.”
"You'd just abandon them?" Vincent said. ”Ninety percent
of humanity—"
"We would save ten percent," the Curator corrected.
"Which is ten percent more than would survive otherwise.
Extraction is reserved for species that have demonstrated
potential but lack the time or resources to save themselves."
"What's Protocol Two?” Jinji asked.
"Reset. We erase the last two hundred years of collective
memory. Your species wakes up in a pre-industrial state,
with no recollection of the technologies or social structures
that led to your crisis. You get to try again, with the benefit
of our subtle guidance."
"You'd erase our entire civilization," Jinji whispered.
"Everything we've built. Everything we've learned."
"We would give you another chance to build something
better. Approximately thirty percent of Consortium members
are on their second or third attempt. There is no shame in
needing to start over."
Henry felt sick. "And Protocol Three?"
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