"I need your help. I have tried reading the brief on Project Ares but there are parts of it that make my head hurt. I want you to explain it to someone that isn't a rocket scientist."

"I'll do the best I can. How about I go through it and you just nod when I get to a talking point."

I began going over the basics and she hung on every word. After thirty minutes, I had reached the end and sat waiting for her questions. Her first was straight to the point. She wanted to know whose mind was going to be used as the artificial personality for Project...