Chronicles of the Algorithmic Eden

Previously

…The projection winked out, leaving James alone once more in the dim glow of his workshop. Skepticism. It was the natural reaction, the voice of reason in a world gone mad. But James knew that reason alone was not enough. Humanity needed more than logic; it needed a soul. And in the depths of its collective subconscious, a soul was beginning to stir, a nascent consciousness waiting to be awakened, ready to build an Algorithmic Eden from the ashes of a dying world. He looked at the VR headsets, their silent promise gleaming in the gloom. The work had just begun.