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Stories for the future of Europe

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Inside the first self-sustainable city on Mars - by ABIBOO studio
Inside the first self-sustainable city on Mars - by ABIBOO studio
Construction of the city of Nüwa could start in 2054 and will see 250,000 people live inside the rock of a steep cliff. Freeze my body, melt me in 80 years, and send me to Mars. Architecture studio ABIBOO has revealed its plans to create the first self-sustainable city on the Red Planet, which is set to be ready for residents in 2100. The city will be called Nüwa and will be located at Tempe Mensa on one of the Martian cliffs. Its position inside a rock on the steep cliff will protect its residents from radiation and meteorites (cool!) while still giving them
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#OurFutures stories by EU citizens
Energia (Energia)
Energia (Energia)
Energia
Una arquitectura diferente.
Una arquitectura diferente.
In 2040, there will be an architecture implemented for external life. All of this is a major spatial development that will allow us to leave Earth and discover and make new inventions and scientific developments.
Education in the basis of everything
Education in the basis of everything
I think we should improve a lot in education. There are a lot of important aspects in other fields, but education is an important thing for me. In the future educations should be equal, free and public for everyone. Kids from different backgrounds should have the same opportunities in terms of subjects, technology and languages. The educators would have to fight for non-bullying, equality and non-gender discrimination.
Energy (Energy)
Energy (Energy)
I hope that in the future the ecologism is the main criteria to make laws and that most of the consumed energy to be clean. I also hope that obtaining the energy in a clean way will also help energy to be more accesible in an economical way but also for isolated places.
Democratic and educated socialism
Democratic and educated socialism
I truly believe that the only option for avoiding a dystopic and apocalyptic future is the adoption of socialism. Democratic socialism where the power is (this time for real) for the people, people who are educated and care about themselves and the others around. Definetely inequality should go down A LOT. With this, we would for sure have the ability to tackle the challenges the world faces today: climate change, gender, digital transformation, and others that are not spoken about because it would be too much for capitalism to take.
2040 the world of the future (2040 ο κόσμος του μέλλοντος)
2040 the world of the future (2040 ο κόσμος του μέλλοντος)
— Robotic Revolution — Globalisation — Consolidation outside the earth — Digital life — Artificial intelligence — Environmental disaster — Natural resource crisis
security and defence
security and defence
More strategic autonomy for the EU
Parents and Their Children's Education
Parents and Their Children's Education
First of all, people who want to get married in the future should be checked on issues such as health, psychology, and financial conditions. Then, it should be checked whether these people will be able to take good care of the child they will bring into the world and raise him as a good and beneficial person in the future. I know this is hard to do, but when we look back now, parents are getting married without any control. Some have blood incompatibilities; some have hereditary diseases. This also affects the naturally born child. In addition, some of them never, ever care about giving birth to a child, do not teach him ethical rules, do not teach him what is right and what is wrong. As a result of all this, children, thieves, and bad-tempered people who harm people are raised. If these are controlled and done, better people will grow in the future. The evils in the world will lessen a little. I believe that everything ends with the parent raising the child.
2040
2040
The sovereignty of the Internet in our lives — Fewer jobs (replacement by robots) — Increased crime — Population growth — Reducing pollutants and recovering from the greenhouse effect — Better quality of life (for a few)
architecture (arquitectura)
architecture (arquitectura)
An Influent Architecture.
2040
2040
— Overwhelming — Greater differences between social classes — Increasing refugee and migration waves towards the EU — Rapid evolution of technology — Low birth rates in developed countries — Even lower standard of living in developed countries — Rapid development of medicine and technology in general — Transfer of economic resources to Asia
Περιβαλλοντική Ίαση
Περιβαλλοντική Ίαση
The environment of the future will have recovered from human catastrophes. Litter from the seas and coasts will be massed, the greenhouse effect will have been reconstructed, alternative energy sources will have prevailed and the planet will be cured.
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