http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=4087 examining transformative technology Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:23:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=4087#comment-899516 Ruben Grijalva Sat, 10 Jul 2010 19:57:03 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=4087#comment-899516 Also on a fun note is a new play in San Francisco called Foresight....Foresight tells the story of fictional Silicon Valley pioneer Victor Martinez and his wife, Lorena. Faced with a terminal illness and the approaching birth of his daughter, Victor migrates his personality into an advanced computer. Victor 2.0, fully equipped to read bedtime stories, vacuum the house, and even make breakfast, is convincing enough to assist Lorena in raising their daughter, Shelley. Shelley loves and accepts her digital daddy, but Victor's physical absence takes a brutal toll on Lorena. The curtain rises on Shelley's thirteenth birthday, when Lorena decides it's time to finally move on. Also on a fun note is a new play in San Francisco called Foresight….Foresight tells the story of fictional Silicon Valley pioneer Victor Martinez and his wife, Lorena. Faced with a terminal illness and the approaching birth of his daughter, Victor migrates his personality into an advanced computer. Victor 2.0, fully equipped to read bedtime stories, vacuum the house, and even make breakfast, is convincing enough to assist Lorena in raising their daughter, Shelley. Shelley loves and accepts her digital daddy, but Victor’s physical absence takes a brutal toll on Lorena. The curtain rises on Shelley’s thirteenth birthday, when Lorena decides it’s time to finally move on.

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