[ WP ] It 's discovered that only 10 % of the population have free will , everyone else in the world only follows very specific programming .

We really should've seen it coming. 
 With 5 billion people walking this earth, it stood to reason that some of them would be some sort of zombie. That it was almost everyone, was a bit of a shock. 
 I produced the report. Prepared from the world's first public `` Deep data'' analysis of NSA archives, it detailed the 50,000 `` personality constructs'' in exacting detail. I was published, spoke at a few prestigious conferences, and society went on. Knowing someone might be a construct did n't really matter in the scheme of things. It was just another piece of trivia to bring up at parties. `` Did you know, those mad scientists say none of us have a single thought in our heads? What a ridiculous idea.'' 
 Then some bastard weaponized it. 
 He was some MBA, genius, or other sort of sociopath. The app, `` Equalizer'' was simple: It collected all the data off a person's web footprint, ran it through an approximation of the constructs and returned with 43 % accuracy, what that person would say. 
 At first. 
 Then it got good. 
 Then it got great. 
 In a week, not a single `` zombie'' remained in a position of authority. In two months, the first reports came in of people shooting them for sport. 
 It took me a week and a half to first use it. There was a fight with my fiance, one of the brutally pointless ones that happen between lovers. It took three minutes to gather her information, two to feed me the right words to say, and twelve minutes until incredible sex. I still do n't feel clean yet. 
 She left me later; after I'd used it too many times to count, and did n't care enough to use it again. We were n't alone. Humanity does n't mix with zombies anymore. 
 We mostly gather in bars, and drink expensive alcohol while we think our deep thoughts. I spend most of my time crying and cursing the equalizer. 
 Or at least I did until I got busy. 
 I ran the data again and it was good. 
 I ran it again, and it was great. 
 I sent it to the equalizer. 
 We're all zombies now. 
 
 

