China's social credit system has been compared to Black Mirror, Big Brother and every other dystopian future sci-fi writers can think up. The reality is more complicated — and in some ways, worse.
The idea for social credit came about back in 2007, with projects announced by the government as an opt-in system in 2014. But there's a difference between the official government system and private, corporate versions, though the latter's scoring system that includes shopping habits and friendships is often conflated with the former.
Brits are well accustomed to credit checks: data brokers such as Experian trace the timely manner in which we pay our debts, giving us a score that's used by lenders and mortgage providers. We also have social-style scores, and anyone who has shopped online with eBay has a rating on shipping times and communication, while Uber drivers and passengers both rate each other; if your score falls too far, you're out of luck.
China's social credit system expands that idea to all aspects of life, judging citizens' behaviour and trustworthiness. Caught jaywalking, don't pay a court bill, play your music too loud on the train — you could lose certain rights, such as booking a flight or train ticket. "The idea itself is not a Chinese phenomenon," says Mareike Ohlberg, research associate at the Mercator Institute for China Studies. Nor is the use, and abuse, of aggregated data for analysis of behaviour. "But if [the Chinese system] does come together as envisioned, it would still be something very unique," she says. "It's both unique and part of a global trend."
These lines would best fit an old, philosophical doctor based on his language use. A farmer and uneducated trader and a vagrant wouldn't be able to speak in such a manner probably.
Overall, Thoreau wanted to prove that not everyone will easily flow with the rules of society. As a result, he calls the people who go different paths than the ones of society "different drummers."
In conclusion, your final answer should be A.
Answer:
B) documented without plagiarism
Explanation:
Plagiarism:
The Oxford Dictionary defines plagiarism as, <em>"</em><em>The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own</em><em>”. </em>Plagiarism is a form of academic dishonesty that entails including or using someone else's words without citing or giving due credit.
The student has paraphrased the text really well, without using the original author's words. The direct quotation is also correctly structured to avoid plagiarism. As a rule, direct quotes are placed in quotation marks, with due credit to the author and quoted verbatim.
