One-sentence Future: The Colossal Ego

The biotechnological colossus, a three-hundred foot living statue of engineered coral, mycelium, and slow-breathing lung-tissue, a monument to one billionaire’s ego, completed its annual trek across the contiguous 48 states, striding into a new town, its presence sanctifying the ground for some while corrupting it for others, the enormous artificial life form never developing the consciousness or self-awareness to understand the audience reaction it might receive.