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In the past few years, many large companies have invested a lot in innovation, often allowing employees a significant period of time away from their traditional work to simply explore an idea that could change the world. After some substantial time away, Mitch Harris and Ling Wei were presenting their work directly to the CEO. They were both nervous, but they were sure it was impressive.

The CEO had eyed up the body of the young woman when she entered the room but was repulsed when he saw her face. It didn’t seem quite right.

Of the two, she spoke first with a voice that seemed far too deep to be coming from such a petite body. “We’ve invented a machine that can literally change just about everything of who you are,” She said, “Despite what I may look like today, I am Mitch Harris. Using this machine I transformed myself into the woman you see before you.”

“The only limitation is that it is currently unable to transform your face or voice,” The man said with a soft female voice and Asian accent, “Obviously, we both picked rather extreme changes to represent the device’s abilities.”

“And the changes aren’t just cosmetic. I’ve been a woman for a month, and I assure you, everything is fully functional and working. Today, we’ve loaded your image into the machine, and we welcome you to try it out.”

The CEO looked at his face on the screen. He could zoom in and out, make all sorts changes like a video game avatar. He first instincts were to keep it simple. Maybe he’d shave five years off his age or give himself a full head of hair again...but looking at what these two had done to themselves, he considered doing much, much more than that.