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Changing Memories

Tom Ball

    In the year 2233 AD, there were numerous clinics where you could change memories for a small fee. Basically you would exchange your memories or some of your memories for someone else’s for a small fee. In this day and age memories could be stored on computer and if it were a famous person there would usually be many copies available. You would receive money for allowing them to copy your mind, but to get someone else’s you needed to pay. The price depended on how exciting the mind was. Usually you would only keep the new mind for a few weeks, but some changes were permanent. And to make it more interesting, you often wouldn’t know whose mind you were getting.
    Sometimes upon receiving the new memories you would spend weeks at home thinking about the new memories. Other times you’d join a party immediately (a new kind of masquerade).
    With the new memories people’s personality often changed dramatically, and many people agreed it kept life interesting.
    Of course you could also change your face with genetic therapy at any time as well. Most people changed their face every week. People changed their names and sex quite regularly as well.
    So it was a confusing, but highly entertaining world. Many people were very confused as to who they were and what was what. But it was good.
    Many people said that changing memories made people more open-minded and gave a feeling of oneness with other humans at the same time.
    Basically with potentially billions of identities for you to try it seemed people would be happy endlessly experimenting. However many minds were bored no matter how many times they switched. And many people said it wasn’t switching at all since you kept your old mind.
    So some people started experimenting with switching different parts of their minds...

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