Mind Consciousness
It is more than 300 years into the future. Society and technology has expanded by leaps and bounds. What we didn’t think was possible has become the normal behavior for everyone living on the planet. One such technology that no one knew would exist in the early twenty first century, was being able to upload their consciousness into a virtual reality world, when they reached an age deemed high enough by the government. The populous all agreed that the age one could upload their consciousness is 24. It was put to a vote and agreed upon by the majority of the population.
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Emily was a few weeks shy of her 24th birthday. With all the excitement surrounding her birthday, she was also anxious and a little bit fearful, because she realized that this would be the year that she could upload her mind into that big virtual reality world she had heard so much about from friends and family members. She had heard all the stories from her parents when they got their minds’ uploaded and it was always an interesting subject to her. She had been there when her older brother went through the process. Making a scheduled appointment with Dr. Harper, the renowned psychologist who talks to people about what to expect so that anxiety and fears may be somewhat mitigated. After answering all the questions and the reassurance that it is completely safe and there are no lasting negative effects, you are greeted by a Dr. Lambowlson, the man that created the machine that people have been using for as long as they can remember.
Now it is her turn to set up the appointment that will change her life forever. What will it be like? She’s read all the information, but until actually going through the process yourself, you only have the experience of others to go back on. Will it hurt? She’s heard others say that it ranges from feeling like sticking your finger into an outlet, but with your mind, to feeling like your mind is being turned into jello. She’s read all the experiences from others that have given their testimony on website blogs and various other social media platforms and everyone is assuring the process isn’t that painful and in the end it was totally worth it to have their consciousness up loaded into the virtual reality world. When it was first being dreamed up and thought out it was inconceivable that anything like this could be done. Scientists went through many trial and errors to get the thing right and the population owes a big debt of gratitude to the pioneers and test subjects that made the machine what it is today. Everyone was on pins and needles when the first person to try the experimental machine came out of the process. Dr. Harmond Fitzpatrick was the first. He said it was the best thing he had ever done. Being able to live out parts of his mind that he had never shared with anyone was a dream come true.
Emily grew up in a good home with loving parents and siblings, which were loving and playful with her. She wondered if those memories would be included in the uploading process, or if those would just stay in her mind forever. She was about to find out…
