{"product_id":"prometheus-bound","title":"Prometheus Bound","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; color: #222222; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Avenir Next LT Pro', sans-serif;\"\u003ePrometheus was designed to control the infrastructure of the Upper Connecticut River. When torrential rains produce yet another “once in a century flood,” Prometheus partly “fails,” resulting in death and destruction in a small Vermont town. Now its creator is on trial for criminal negligence leading to the deaths of eight people and the injury of scores more. Your job is to deliberate the fate of the AI engineer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; color: #222222; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Avenir Next LT Pro', sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt its core, the play is about accountability for technological innovation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #222222; background-color: #ffffff; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Symbol;\"\u003e·\u003cspan style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Avenir Next LT Pro', sans-serif;\"\u003eWho pays the cost of progress?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #222222; background-color: #ffffff; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Symbol;\"\u003e·\u003cspan style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Avenir Next LT Pro', sans-serif;\"\u003eWho is responsible when progress for many begets disaster for some?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; color: #222222; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Avenir Next LT Pro', sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; color: #222222; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Avenir Next LT Pro', sans-serif;\"\u003ePrometheus Bound\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Avenir Next LT Pro', sans-serif;\"\u003e is also about democracy. Thomas Jefferson wrote, “I will consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; color: #222222; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Avenir Next LT Pro', sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; color: #222222; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Avenir Next LT Pro', sans-serif;\"\u003eThe jury trial is a vital part of our nation's constitutional checks and balances, because is provides an unfettered opportunity for ordinary citizens to wield power. What could be more important today?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; color: #222222; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Avenir Next LT Pro', sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; color: #222222; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 18.4px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Avenir Next LT Pro', sans-serif;\"\u003eThe staged reading features actors Maxine Linehan, Christy Vogel, Willy Appelman, and Megan Demarest, as well as local notables Rev. Bill Borror, Rabbi Michael Cohen, Jay Gerber, Rev. Steve Longley, and Susan Willetts. The play, written by Alan Stoga, will be read on June 10 at 5 pm at the historic Bennington County Courthouse.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #222222; font-family: 'Avenir Next LT Pro', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003eThis program will take place on Tuesday, June 10 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm at the Bennington County Courthouse in Manchester Village.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"event-calendar-app","offers":[{"title":"Registration Fee","offer_id":44221076963519,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4723\/6799\/files\/unnamed_2bf4c1f0-ff77-4b54-9f64-83206dfb2cc4.jpg?v=1747679048","url":"https:\/\/greenmtnacademy.org\/products\/prometheus-bound","provider":"Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning","version":"1.0","type":"link"}