Let There Be Light

Holograms are 'so yesterday'

three dimensions

plus a collection of light beams 

[ forget about 'em!! ]

AI says we're headed straight

for a brave new world called

 'virtual immortality'

Building digital models of ourselves 

chat-bots bequeathed at death

the “old / new” version of us ~ so to speak

Cobbled together from snippets of

old videos, photos, letters, blog posts

data points ~ loaded into a machine

Do we, dare we ~ resurrect ourselves for posterity

there are decisions to be made ~ ethical, legal, moral

[ my family laughs ~ questions my sanity ]

Welcome to 2026 and my Video Reading