The Eternal Vigil

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The year is 2220, a time when governments and nation-states are slowly becoming a thing of the past. Instead, all prominent parts of human society are now organizing around the commands of three great Artificial Intelligences, owned and operated by the world's largest corporation. World peace has been achieved, and the very word 'politics' has disappeared from people's lips. Religion has largely disappeared, replaced in some parts by worshipping of the great AIs, but mostly substituted by a devotion to material goods and faith in the market.

There is now a general consensus that the best form of government has been found. No, it is not democracy, nor is it autocracy or oligarchy. Instead, it is technocracy - rule by the learned, the intelligent, and the skilled. And who are more learned, intelligent, and skilled than the great AIs? Exactly, no one. The AIs will correct some market failures once in a while, but shall otherwise let the market be free. After all, the freer the market, the freer the people.

Some may question how society advanced to this stage, but that is all they will do - question. Because they will not find answers, for history is no longer taught anywhere. After all, it is not a practical subject. One cannot get a decently paying job with a history degree. Society doesn't have any time for people to idly ponder about the past. No, this is a practical society of practical people: engineers, doctors, lawyers, developers, managers, bankers, soldiers, and the such.

My name is Aiden Scivit and I used to be one such practical man: minding my own business, doing my job, with the faith that hard work will always be rewarded by the market...and that politics and philosophy were things thought of by idly people who leech off society. But this all changed, and here is my story, my history. Just because the stories of ages long past have been erased, does not mean that a brand new beginning cannot be created.

The story is already finished but I still need to do some editing so a chapter should be released each day for a month. It is a bit political, as you can probably tell by the introduction, so there is that (it will low-key read like a philosophy dump 10% of the time, so really it's like Atlas Shrugged but liberal and worse lol). Also, I actually wrote this in grade 10 as part of my MYP Personal Project, and recently touched up on it for online publication.

Finally, if you find the writing style passable and are interested in my other works, check out the one in the link below. It is a fantasy set in the Ancient Greek world, and is completed and uploaded in full: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/35099/the-oresteia-modernized

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The Eternal Vigil 25 25: The Final Chapter RoyalRoadL
The Eternal Vigil 24 24: Mission Impossible RoyalRoadL
The Eternal Vigil 23 23: A Plan of Infiltration RoyalRoadL
The Eternal Vigil 22 22: A Theory of Justice RoyalRoadL
The Eternal Vigil 21 21: The Professor RoyalRoadL
The Eternal Vigil 20 20: Combat RoyalRoadL
The Eternal Vigil 19 19: Landing and Waiting RoyalRoadL
The Eternal Vigil 19 19: Landing and Waiting RoyalRoadL
The Eternal Vigil 18 18: Inner Turmoil RoyalRoadL
The Eternal Vigil 17 17: Meeting the HLF RoyalRoadL
The Eternal Vigil 16 16: A Leak RoyalRoadL
The Eternal Vigil 15 15: A Look at the CEO RoyalRoadL
The Eternal Vigil 14 14: A Moment of Reflection RoyalRoadL
The Eternal Vigil 13 13: A Plan RoyalRoadL
The Eternal Vigil 12 12: A Confrontation Gone Wrong RoyalRoadL
The Eternal Vigil 11 11: A Lead RoyalRoadL
The Eternal Vigil 10 10: The Troubles of Family RoyalRoadL
The Eternal Vigil 9 9: The Troubles of Being Rich RoyalRoadL
The Eternal Vigil 8 8: Freezing RoyalRoadL
The Eternal Vigil 7 7: To Put Things Into Perspective RoyalRoadL
The Eternal Vigil 7 7: To Put Things Into Perspective RoyalRoadL
The Eternal Vigil 6 6: The Dark Zone RoyalRoadL
The Eternal Vigil 6 6: The Dark Zone RoyalRoadL
The Eternal Vigil 5 5: A Dodgy Message Indeed RoyalRoadL
The Eternal Vigil 4 4: Operation Details RoyalRoadL
The Eternal Vigil 3 3: A Dodgy Message RoyalRoadL
The Eternal Vigil 2 2: Getting Fired while Stuck in Traffic RoyalRoadL
The Eternal Vigil 1 1: Some call it Exposition, I call it Worldbuilding RoyalRoadL