Писатель Илья Розенфельд

Part I. Audit of the Void   (Prelude) The Chief Auditor’s office had no windows. Why have windows if there is nothing outside but static grey noise? On the desk before the Auditor lay not a folder of documents, but a simple neuro-drive. Opposite him sat the Client—a man convinced he had brought a treasure. “It is a murder,” the Client whispered, leaning forward. “A real one, with aggravating circumstances. I betrayed my best friend for the sake of my career. He drank himself to death and perished. This qualifies for first-class liquidity.” The Auditor wearily rubbed the bridge of his nose and inserted the drive into the slot. Stock charts raced across the screen. A green line twitched and immediately plummeted. “Garbage,” the Auditor stated, returning the drive. “‘Junk bonds.’ A junk bond.” “Are you out of your mind?!” The Client jumped up. “This is baseness of the highest grade! This is suffering!” “Sit down,” the Auditor’s voice was as dry as the rustle of old bankn...

Incorporeal (From unpublished) On one planet, as a result of a successful genetic experiment, people decided to abandon their bodies. And to ensure the immortality of the soul and mind, which they called "consciousness", without separating them. The rationale for the experiment was that bodies age and die, and limit consciousness with their natural physical limitations. In addition, this put an end to inequality (and therefore discrimination), which had, first of all, external physical signs - height, weight, gender, skin color, etc. This decision ensured the integrity of nature, energy reserves, and minerals. Unlike the body, consciousness did not take up space, it did not need food, clothing, housing, transportation, a workplace, wages, taxes, banks, shops, cemeteries, laws, and other attributes of human life and social order. The entire system of human life became simpler - if consciousness could be called a person. At the same time, consciousness could not become the ...