In The Not-Too-Distant Future

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Challenge #04637-L253: Do NOT Create the Torment Nexus

“At last, I’ve created the Torment Nexus,” said the Protagonist of the classic story you’re about to read, right now. -- Deathshead419

[AN: Thanks a fuckbunch (/sarcam) ]

Neuroscience had made amazing leaps forward. They not only mapped the human cerebrum, but were controlling it to a certain extent. Laws, of course, insisted that such methods could only be used for therapeutic purposes. Which was fine and good. Advances were made against depression and psychosis. They even found a remedy for toxic thought processes that lead to a lot of "lone wolf" incidents.

The real trick was crime. Prevention was off the table, because only troubled minds could be experimented on in such ways and the criminal type were merely poor.

It was against several international laws to experiment on poor people. Therefore punishing crime was the only option. But therapeutically because they were a kinder, and gentler people now, with more options open to them. They could benevolently guide the criminal element to more productive pursuits.

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Challenge #01081-B349: Found Divinity

Prometheus, and all the other 'gave knowledge to mortals and was cast down for it' gods/goddesses/other mythical figures from various mythologies, being found by mortals, rescued from their punishments, and thanked properly. Even if it's only the first one being found, and the realisation that the others exist, and must be helped. -- RecklessPrudence

[AN: After a little bit of Wiki Wandering, Prometheus is the only one who got punished for sharing wisdom... but I can pretend there's others]

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