Someone should write a story about speakism, judging a message based on how it's said instead of the content of the message. They can posit some AI that extracts the facts from each person's message and removes how it was expressed. This would be see to help people who are not proficient in the local language, people who have accents that are perceived as less intelligent/trustworthy, people who deliver their message in harsh ways (Linus was apparently an example)

That exact topic actually comes up in the story I linked.

SPOILERS BELOW (though knowing doesn't really detract from the story)

In the story, one of the central discussions is the debate to make the procedure mandatory for students at a college campus. The procedure is non-invasive and reversible, similar tot an MRI or something.

Fearing that this sort of public debate will spread, a cosmetics lobbying firm (who wants to maintain the status quo) publishes a video with a persuasive counter-argument.

It is later revealed that the video had been manipulated by software "capable of fine-tuning paralinguistic cues in order to maximize the emotional response evoked in viewers. This dramatically increases the effectiveness of recorded presentations."

Some people get a further brain tweak to mitigate this effect.

I love this short story, I think it's probably my favorite of his first collection. I think he does a great job of making realistic and compelling arguments for both positions and really exploring the details.

Thanks for noting this.

I enjoyed Exhalation but was not aware of the other collection.