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[the_fantastic_ms_fox]

Series Idea:

Been trying to think of how to write a contemporary Progressive Star Trek for web TV. What I mean by "Star Trek" is "an optimistic imagined future where the whole darn world is different" And "optimism" depends on ones political bent - in this case, progressive. And by "web TV." I mean "cheap."

An optimistic yet plausible future:

• Expensive Oil
• Ubiquitous Computing
• Advances in Human Rights, compassion for others
• Advances in Biotechnology
• Advances in material science
• Racing to mitigate environmental chaos with an ecological revolution

Set it somewhere easy to construct a sci-fi world. By "easy," I mean "cheap." Given the above, why not a permaculture farm? There's lots of those with funky buildings, and, as we run out of oil, there's going to be a lot of work in growing food. There will also be more urban farms, but that's harder to film without cars driving past.

And some characters who are products of this world.

Someone who has had the ability to be a jerk (by "jerk" you mean...?) weeded out of her head, or at least mitigated, through cognitive engineering, therapy, brain implants, smart drugs etc.... She's happy with it, and actively pursues further modification, but was it voluntary at first? And if it wasn't voluntary, was it the consequence of a post-jail future? And if so, what did she do for this to be the legislated consequence of her actions? And if it wasn't voluntary at first, is her continued pursuit of mental restructuring also her own choice, or an artifact of the original tampering?

An Artificial Intelligence.

Someone who doesn't age. And the problems this causes.

Telecommuters.