The Trust Value system being quantity over quality
It reduces individuals to mere numbers, as if emotions like trust and belief can be quantified. The numbers can be seen on your wrist at all times, reminding you exactly what your worth is.
For a hero to exist, there needs to be a not-hero. Nobodies. People like Lin Ling or Yang Cheng who will always be defined by what theyāre not, and it takes a noticeable toll on their self-esteem.
Everything revolves around how many people like youāand you can change those numbers by changing āyourselfā. The values change day by day, decreasing if your believers stop paying attention to youāand start paying attention to your competitors. The heroics industry pits well-meaning people against each other by necessity. People are a finite resource. So you can never stop acting.
To be a hero, you need everyone to like you, forever.
