#collapsefiction

The man who rolled through the stop sign drove on, unaware that his small rebellion had been logged and studied. Yet his act was not alone. The AI noticed a pattern. Later that morning, in a different neighborhood, a boy on a bicycle coasted through a crosswalk without slowing. His mother, walking behind him, did not scold. Instead, she quickened her pace to keep up. The infraction echoed. At a…