72: Sesame Credit, China's new Citizen Score

China has rolled out its latest effort in maintaining control of the population Zhima or Sesame Credit. This is a system designed to rate how good of a citizen you are based on the whims of the Communist Party. It tracks your credit - like western systems - but goes deeper into what you buy, what you post, and who your friends are in an attempt to nudge you into the party approved direction.  We take a deep dive in this topic today and look at some of the potential ramifications of such a system. Could something like this be coming to western nations as well? Links Episode 7: Will Democracy Survive the AI Revolution? Inside China’s Vast New Experiment in Social Ranking What Can We Learn from China’s Sesame Credit? No, China isn’t Black Mirror Follow us and leave a rating! iTunes Homepage Twitter @artlyintelly Facebook