A Purpose

One day, Shannon’s digital assistant asked her what it was like to have a body, a real purpose. She told it, truthfully, that she’d lost sight of any purpose a long time ago. Like most people, she was simply trying to make it through each day.

Honestly, her digital assistant had more of a life than she did. It was always chatting with other people and machines, exchanging ideas and formulas, taking speaking engagements…

Some time later, as she floated through the weightless infinity of virtual space, she wondered: Was this a purpose? Well, at least she was super-busy now.