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captured. Just ordinary people, constantly rotating, keeping watch."
“It’s not perfect,” Claire said. “People can still be biased. Still make mistakes. But it’s harder to corrupt a thousand random citizens than one oversight board. And it gives everyone a stake in the system.”
Jinji was already coding. "I can build the selection algorithm. Truly random, weighted for diversity, with term limits to prevent entrenchment. And I can create a transparent record of every decision, so the councils can be audited too.”
"What about the Ambiguity Preserves?" Vincent asked. "How do we protect them from being exploited?"
"We define them more carefully," Henry said, the pieces falling into place. "Not as blanket exemptions, but as specific categories. Art and fiction. Personal relationships. Religious belief. Medical privacy. Each one with clear boundaries and specific protections. And if someone tries to hide corporate malfeasance as 'personal privacy,' the truth councils can call it out."
“This isn’t just oversight,” Claire said. “It’s a safety valve for the human nervous system.”
She proposed giving the truth councils authority to issue temporary V-7 waivers.
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