The right to retrospective correction
Dice Algorithms
Excerpt from the Correctional Code / Clearance Level: 1A | Public Awareness: Suppressed
In the year 2143, after the narrative collapse caused by the so-called Resonance Syndrome, the government introduced the Public Self-Correction Program. It was acknowledged that individual errors — including both actions and intentions — accumulate in the informational space and exert a destabilizing influence on the shared environment.
According to the regulations of Section 5, every citizen has the right to retrospective correction — a one-time reversal of a committed error, provided that its correction demonstrably improves systemic balance.
The conditions are as follows:
The error must be reported within 72 hours of its occurrence.
The intention behind the error must be disclosed — in full neurocognitive log form (EEG, emotional signature).
The environmental impact of the error (emotional, social, energetic) will be assessed by the Resonance Council.
If the correction is approved — the subject must agree to undergo behavioural identity reformatting.
Because here lies the paradox:
If you want to undo a mistake, you must stop being yourself.
The system does not permit a return to the version of you that made the mistake. Therefore, individuals undergoing retrospective correction lose access to earlier identity layers — memories, emotional structures, relationship networks.
It’s the equivalent of soul replacement with body continuity.
Internally, Section 5 documents refer to this process as “sanitary reincarnation.”
Of course — no one is obligated to use this right.
But an unreported error with a resonance level above 0.72 is automatically registered as intentional omission of correction. This constitutes a systemic environmental offense.
Which leads to a question no one dares to ask aloud:
Do we still have the right to be wrong?
And a second — much quieter:
Is someone who never errs still human?
“Every mistake is noise in the system. But the attempt to erase it leaves an echo that lasts even longer.”
— internal commentary, Section 5 (redacted source)
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Dice Algorithms
Former military mind turned quality systems strategist. Now mapping invisible architectures — from frayed information flows to underground narratives, where truth is often a deprecated protocol. I explore the boundaries between compliance and freedom, order and chaos, technology and myth. Between an audit trail and a prayer. Some write to explain. I write to unearth — artifacts, inconsistencies, and thoughts too alive to certify. My work oscillates between control and collapse, between the dashboard and the silent alarm no one hears. I write dystopias dressed as manuals. Sometimes ironic, sometimes sarcastic, sometimes frighteningly accurate. Because in the end, even fear needs a structure.