In a future where citizens over 35 must choose between digital immortality and complete erasure upon their death, society grapples with the commodification of memory, the ethics of death, and the true cost of legacy.

Listen to this choose-your-own-adventure Futures Scenario, then take on the role of one of four characters to explore what comes next:

1. [05:58] The reclusive, retired teacher, 79: standing at the crossroads of memory and family responsibility.
2. [09:00] The torn spiritual leader, 50: caught between sacred tradition and a fractured future.
3. [12:10] The lawyer and secret activist, 29: fighting to protect organic living memory from vanishing altogether.
4. [15:52] The tech CEO and founding father of death tech, 45: battling the leak of data breaches he approved.

Use this scenario alone or in a team to explore the future of death and dying, government vs big tech, and memorialisation and memory.

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