JC Summerford
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Where living forever is

worse than death...

SERIES SYNOPSIS:

Perpetuity is an episodic television series featuring complex, empathetic characters enmeshed in a desperate struggle to retain their humanity in an A.I.-controlled Earth colony in the year 2124. Trapped in a perfect bubble they cannot escape, Perpetuitans endure the results of current global trends which resulted in environmental, political, and societal collapse. It's a sobering, fact-forward look at A.I. proliferation, disinformation, global nuclear wars, and an escalating wealth gap, depicted with biting sarcasm and irony. Perpetuity and its powerful Super Machine Intelligence (SMI) called “Aurora” was constructed by the world’s trillionaires and top scientists before they escaped to the planet Proxima Centauri b in a 2049 event dubbed “The Launch.” Outside, Earth is ravaged by heat, storms, pollution, and radiation. Perpetuity provides a clear picture of where we may actually be headed as a species, and pokes wicked fun at who’s calling the shots.  

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The colonists are mostly transhuman: augmented by artificial body parts, blood swarming with nanobots which control bodily functions, hormones, and emotions. Everyone is inextricably connected by sophisticated BCIs and super-realistic VR technology. Aurora’s primary programming charges it with keeping the humans alive “at any cost.” Aurora provides for their needs – food, water, shelter, entertainment, healthcare - but regards them as beloved pets. As older colonists die and reproduction fails, Aurora decides cloning them is the best solution. Death itself has been eliminated as The Singularity manifests.​
 

Main characters include rebellious artist Xery, her meathead boyfriend Butch (provider of painful skin burnings), historian and brilliant techno-nerd Doc. Some Perpetuity inhabitants are robots or holograms. The “Talking Heads” exist as digital brains, partially scraped into massive quantum chandeliers. The most powerful Head is Altman, the A.I. genius who chose to stay behind on Earth and tend to the colony. We meet the Trillionaires and elite scientists on Proxima Centauri b, who have engineered a way to track developments on Earth. The mysterious O.M. is an alien consciousness which occupies piles of discarded electronic devices outside the colony. The hilariously bizarre Mutan are former wealthy preppers who live underground in elaborate bunkers, scattered around the globe.   

Perpetuity poses critical questions: Will the colonists fight for their receding humanity? Whether you believe death involves transitioning to a higher life form or dancing with heavenly Virgins– what if you were forced to live the same life over and over, forever?