The Genius

"The Genius" by Con Pederson is a science fiction narrative that examines imagination, disagreement with community standards, and the features of the mind in a world set far into the future. This thrilling story showcases Sethos, a talented artist wrestling with the constraints and sameness of life in a civilization seemingly detached from the will to improve and discover. Watch as Sethos manages his feelings of being stuck in a community of humans and robots where learning and development are methodically discouraged. Hol, a celestial person from the stars, appears, showing that humans once explored beyond Earth, only to fall back into acceptance, changing Sethos’s journey completely. Filled with a desperate desire to escape, Sethos discovers the grim truth of being a preserved specimen in a managed environment. The ordeal leaves him to face his function and identity.