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As the British Industrial Revolution dawns, young Ada Byron Lovelace (daughter of the flamboyant and notorious Lord Byron) sees the boundless creative potential in the “analytic engines” of her friend and intellectual soulmate Charles Babbage, inventor of the first mechanical computer. Ada envisions a whole new world where art and information converge—a world she might not live to see. A music-laced story of love, friendship, and the edgiest dreams of the future. Jane Austen meets Steve Jobs in this poignant pre-tech romance heralding the computer age.

Here in the heart of Silicon Valley, it would serve us well to reflect on where our namesake started: two hundred years ago, in the mind of a young poet whose goal was to create a tool that would prevent misinformation from spreading. The Pear’s production of 'Ada & The Engine' by Lauren Gunderson is an invitation for each of us to think like Ada. Our future depends on it.

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