It's called Superior Domination. Centuries ago, mankind had to flee the Earth. It had become uninhabitable. Those in charge chose then to give up ruling power over to a computer system – that's what it is. It manages every aspect of society, from birth to death.

It has no room for outside factors like psionic powers.

[there's a beat.]

The details of its birth, the reasons...they're things I don't know. Perhaps no one does; it molded us all from the very start.