i often ask myself, am i living in a utopia or dystopia? would changing something small make it more like a utopia or more like a dystopia? we know what we want from our government and how we want our country to be, even if they’re unattainable goals (like a libertarian society when so many people need help right now).
https://divergent.fandom.com/wiki/Fear_Simulation (photo is from The Matrix)
Before entering the fear landscape, participants are injected with a serum that will bring their fears to the surface of their brains. During Dauntless initiation, the Dauntless leaders and usually the initiates trainer are watching the initiate's fears and taking count of how many they have. For each fear, their heartbeat is measured and the landscape will not change until your heartbeat and breathing slow to a normal pace. Or the initiate can choose to face their fear. This is what Tris chooses to do instead of killing her family in her final simulation.
In the final testing stage everyone, not just Divergents, knows that it is not real. However, Divergents can manipulate the simulations in their minds to make their results quicker and their fears easier to deal with.
Most people have about 10-15 fears. However, the record for the least number of fears ”in recent years” is 4, which is the result Tobias Eaton got on his fear landscape. This is how Tobias got the nickname "Four"...
