The Acceptance of Advancement
In a moment of randomness, our lecturer asked us to write a story about 666, Armageddon and how we're gonna get tracked by all sorts of devices (most probably a microchip). I thought that to write such a story would be nonsense and not worth my time (even if it's worth Tim Lahaye's). Hence, I wrote something just as corny, albeit more sensible. __________________________ The Acceptance of Advancement David was woken by the sound of his phone ringing. He thought he had turned it off. It was 3 am in the morning. It was work. “Yeah…” he said in a daze. “We have a situation.” The voice over the phone said. It was unprecedented, but David somehow knew this would happen. It was 2 years since the implementation of RFID chips as an alternative method of cash transaction. The chip would usually be inserted into the left arm of the person. With it, money could be stored, along with the individual’s identity, passport numbers. It also functioned as a credit card. The ...