NeuroLock
Exploring the futures of BCIs
Four actors. Asymmetric information. One collective future. Your decision shapes the outcome.
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Choose Your Role
Your Role in This Future
The Choice You Made
The Trajectory That Emerged
How Your Choice Weighted the Outcome
Before You Continue
Explore Outcomes
Government
HM Neural Compliance Authority
BCIs are a civic requirement. Every citizen is registered, monitored, and subject to administrative consequences for non-compliance. The relevant institution is a Home Office agency — functional, slightly outdated, earnest. The horror emerges from the content, not the tone.
Corporate
NeuroSync
The dominant platform controls 78% of the market. Cognitive capability scales with your subscription tier — BASIC, ENHANCED, NEURAL+. The inequality is structural and never named. It is embedded in tier labels, upgrade prompts, and comparative earnings data.
Military
Joint Neural Operations Intelligence System
Read-write BCIs are deployed clandestinely in specialist military personnel. The write capability enables augmentation — and creates the scenario's central vulnerability. Hostile actors can hack a soldier's BCI and interfere with motor control. The programme operates outside civilian oversight.
Medical
UK Neurological Treatment & Enhancement Registry
BCIs are available only on clinical grounds. Enhancement is officially a side effect of treatment. Those with resources access more aggressive treatment regimens — their enhancement exceeds what public healthcare provides. Not everyone receives the same side effects.
Participant Statistics
Collective Outcomes
Participant Insights