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Social Credit Pain Monitor
A (dystopian) system where BCI readings of expressed pain deemed 'excessive' or 'inappropriate' trigger warnings or penalties on a citizen's social credit score. Promotes conformity and discourages dissent against the centralized authority.

Future Scenarios that inspired this product idea

Individuals could customize their BCI to respond to personalized pain expressions, allowing for more nuanced communication of discomfort.
Extrapolated from Linguists Point to Expressions of Pain as a Possible Universal Language - Scientific American

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