CREATIVE ADVENTURES — 85
Imagine You Can Observe What Goes on in Your Body
In this exercise, you will imagine that you have the abilities and the technology to observe what goes on in your body. You can monitor and observe everything in high resolution if you prefer. Please respond to the following prompts:
- Would you use this opportunity to observe different parts of your body? What goes on in different organs? Why or why not? How would you use this opportunity?
- How would this technology influence the future of medicine? How would it impact the quality of our lives?
- What could be the risks or disadvantages of having access to such powerful technology? Think of 5 risks and/or disadvantages.
- Imagine you started using this technology. You are now obsessed with what goes on in different parts of your body. This obviously increases your level of anxiety. How would you deal with this challenge?
- Write a horror story (or a dystopia) based on the use of this technology. What do you witness in your body? Why are you scared? What is the problem? How do you solve this problem?
- Imagine you started using this technology on your brain. You are now obsessed with what goes on in different parts of your brain. The sheer complexity and dynamism of the neurons, thoughts, synapses, and brain operations boggle your mind. What are the implications of having access to such fine-grained visuals and videos of your brain?
- Think of 10 shocking things you would discover about your brain if you used this technology.
- How would humanity change if we had access to such hyper-specific details in our brains? Using AI, how could we hack, upgrade, or improve our brains (or thoughts)?
- Imagine your brain is a city like New York and you could travel in different parts of your brain with your avatar. Write a story of what happens next.
- Write a science fiction story where your micro-avatar travels across your body through the bloodstream. Using advances in nano-bio and AI, you can make use of bots to fix issues all over the body. Write down your story.
- Write a futuristic story that makes use of multidisciplinary knowledge and mindsets about the human body. Pixar’s Inside Out and Soul are great examples that might provide you with inspiration. Create your own story.
- Imagine your brain is a Metaverse system that has multiple universes and worlds inside. You can travel in this system with your avatar. Write an adventure story that captures the magnificence and majesty of this mega system.
- Write a thriller story that involves a system-wide war on a very dangerous virus that enters your body. What happens next?
