Chapter 9: The Public Fall
The tech world didn't take kindly to an Architect who stopped building walls.
When Aryan announced he was scrapping the Nexus "Intensity Algorithm," the stock plummeted.
"You're committing professional suicide," his board screamed.
Aryan stood at the podium.
"Data is just a digital ghost of a person. We spent years building cages and calling them communities. From now on, Nexus builds windows."
He lost half his net worth in a week.
But he didn't feel like a monster.
He walked to the balcony, took his smartphone, and tossed the flickering blue screen into the Pacific.