The Future Story Co.

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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In a future where all citizens remain vegetarian until age 25, one pivotal day forces them to choose between costly meat consumption, government surveillance, and underground alternatives.

Use this futures scenario to explore the future of ethical consumption, surveillance, privatisation, personal accountability, power and justice.

Note: This choose-your-own adventure futures scenario has four main characters. You can listen to the whole story, or skip to the character you want to adopt.

As you engage with your character, consider their dilemma:

• What would you do in their place?
• What internal and external factors would influence you?
• What are the ripple effects of the decision you choose to make in that moment?
• And how does this future challenge your beliefs and assumptions about the way the world works?

As you explore different storylines, you'll discover your preferred future - the one you want to work towards tomorrow, when you leave the story behind.

What will that future be? The choice is yours.

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Engage with the story on the website.