/authors/ernest-greene/Recent content in Ernest Greene on Gromet's Plaza ArchiveHugoen-us/stories/1/01/01/bound-for-the-future/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000/stories/1/01/01/bound-for-the-future/<p>&ldquo;Think of it as a kind of theme park of the mind,&rdquo; Dr. Grace explained reassuringly.  &ldquo;We simulate your fantasies as realistically as possible, however extreme they may be.  You experience them as if they were really occurring at the time.  And afterwards, it&rsquo;s all over and nothing&rsquo;s changed. You get up and walk out the same person you came in.&rdquo;</p> <p>Barbara certainly wanted to believe her.  After all, she&rsquo;d booked the appointment months in advance, taking time out from her own demanding schedule as a top corporate executive of the very mega-conglomerate that owned The Institute, just to come down and see for herself what all the buzz was about.  She hoped she hadn&rsquo;t made the trip for nothing.</p>