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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
Gesund und vor allem lebendig
Gesund und vor allem lebendig
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Solidaritet igen - äntligen!
Solidaritet igen - äntligen!
Imagine how much better things have become since 2025 - Sweden has realized the mistake of joining NATO and left this alliance. It has also left the EU - finally! It's also good to see the rebuilding of the solidarity-based society that was gradually destroyed after the right came to power in the late 1990s. Private and independent schools have disappeared, and all children are everyone's children, who should have the same conditions. Society has also taken back 100% of health care, for better coordination and use of resources.
Marzenie
Marzenie
Hi. We are in the year 2040, A year where everyone is happy, has time for everything and for everyone. After all, people are not so busy. Many things, things can be done online, over the Internet without leaving home. Even orders are completed by machines-a human being is hardly needed. The same in restaurants, the dish is brought by a robot and some of the meals are also watched. Also 5D printers are helping with this(wlasnw designing meals using instat phone) In a short time people will not work or to a small extent.... But the most important thing is that there are no wars, no one suffers physically
Ljus framtid år 2040 med några mörka undantag
Ljus framtid år 2040 med några mörka undantag
The year 2040 has just begun and Europe has changed a lot. Everyone knows that the basis for a healthy society is access to electricity in an economic and secure way. Sweden already started in the mid-20th century to re-establish a power system that is economic and reliable. In addition to the six large nuclear power plants that already exist and have had their lifetimes extended, Sweden has four more, each with a capacity of 1,600 MW, and a number of smaller plants that supply major cities with both electricity and district heating. Other countries in Europe have absorbed the same knowledge and the electricity production system has given Europe a competitive edge. The economy is booming and crime has fallen dramatically. In the early 1930s, scientists calculated more seriously how much CO2 was needed to feed the growing population and discovered that the Paris Agreement had to be reworked to increase the proportion of CO2 and captured CO2 had to be used in greenhouses to increase the amount of food produced. Population growth has fortunately slowed to reasonable levels. China and Russia have now been functioning democracies for a few years and Russia's EU membership is now complete. The US has returned to democratic elections after the Trump era ended with the US on the verge of collapse with its huge debt mountain. North Korea is integrated with South Korea and prosperity is increasing in the region. The remaining global problem is Iran, which holds its population in an iron grip and executes all women not wearing a burka. Africa has a good level of prosperity but is still a long way from a completely happy population. Australia's economy is starting to improve after the difficult years when politicians bet everything on solar and wind power. South America has recovered and countries that were once communist-ruled are now functioning democracies. The Amazon has been restored as the healthy lung of the planet.
Czyny polityki
Czyny polityki
I would like to change the attitude of the Polish government towards the Poles. That we should be the first to get help, that we should be put first above all else. Queues to doctors maximum waiting time 2 months , and not as before even a year you have to wait for specialists. This is obsurd. They are outraged that there is a small population growth and not even do anything to keep the already existing population towards living healthier longer....
Viaggio in un futuro prossimo
Viaggio in un futuro prossimo
In 2040 I will find myself in a completely different life: I will be 60 years old, that will be the time I will have to start thinking how to spend my old age in the company of my last days. The world over the years will have changed, technology from AI onwards has profoundly changed the way people live. Much has changed in lifestyles, in ways of interacting with people.
Ai ottaa vallan
Ai ottaa vallan
Will the future be better than now? Hardly. The climate is warming, glaciers are melting and pandemics are rampant. Of course, I am no longer around to see what is happening. Probably AI will take on more and more responsibility and people will become idle. Is this also true in Europe? In all developed countries, the dominance of technology is increasing and people are being overwhelmed by it. Whether this is true or not remains to be seen.
Latvia, EU, UK and others 15 years into the future
Latvia, EU, UK and others 15 years into the future
Europe is getting ready to federalize, with big autonomy for the current member states, and life couldn't be better. Latvia (the member state where this future idea comes from) has went ahead and become more liberal and open-minded following a victory of a coalition of liberal parties in 2038 Saeima Elections, and so did nations such as Serbia, Hungary and others following their respective elections. Investment into projects and social support is at it's highest point in 30 years, following full introduction of Rail Baltica, due to which the economy is at it's highest peak, higher than the one Latvia experienced after increased investment after joining EU in 2004, 36 years ago. The far-right rise of 2020s has decreased up to a point where parties as Vlaams Belang (in BE), Latvija Pirmā Vietā (LV), Fidesz (HU) and others do not register support higher than 2, maybe 3,5%. Northern Ireland and Ireland unite together - bringing the long history of division to an end; Scotland and Wales (after becoming independent), Ukraine (with the 1991 borders) and Sakartvelo (after a successful revolution against the georgian dream government in 2024-2025) join the EU. England is starting to reconsider Brexit, and starts reforms needed to rejoin the EU.
Un revenu universel décent pour tous
Un revenu universel décent pour tous
A world where AI has done away with repetitive tasks, and where the economy can generate a decent universal income. People only work on well-paid assignments by choice. As a result, voluntary work has grown, as have leisure activities for all.
Ritorno al passato
Ritorno al passato
If I could choose I would like a future that looks more like the past, where the internet and being connected is no longer the most important thing, as it unfortunately is now. A return to simple things, to experiencing emotions "in presence," and I hope for a planet earth that is being saved from the destruction we are enacting.
Toivottavasti visiot auttavat paremman Euroopan kehittämisessä. On unohdettu, että valtiot ovat ihmisistä huolehtimiseksi, ei päin vastoin.
Toivottavasti visiot auttavat paremman Euroopan kehittämisessä. On unohdettu, että valtiot ovat ihmisistä huolehtimiseksi, ei päin vastoin.
In Europe, wealth inequality has been reduced by the widespread introduction of basic income. At the same time, corporate social responsibility has been developed and tax havens have been brought under full control. Education, science and culture have become more valued than economic success. Europe has seen the planting of large areas of mixed forests, sustainably managed and with a total ban on clear-cutting, thanks to the employment of immigrants. Health care is mainly free, only cosmetic care is paid for. Europe has tightened its ranks to a quasi-federal state, with a high level of security, human rights and a green economy compared to the rest of the world. Europe is economically independent from China and the United States, the Eagles trade mainly with each other. Russia is divided into numerous small states. European culture is in its heyday and everywhere old buildings have become symbols of culture and are being extensively restored. Urban planning has moved away from capitalist profit-making towards the promotion of prosperity, and the amount of urban greenery has been set at a high level by legislation. The economic system is changing, capitalism has been abandoned because of the awakening realisation that it is the cause of natural disasters and climate change. Europe is undergoing an intellectual and economic transformation, with a value system based on equality and the protection of nature. Party systems have been abolished and democracy operates on an individual basis: candidates are required to make a sworn declaration setting out the issues they will commit themselves to promoting during their term of office. Elected representatives are subject to scrutiny and are replaced by substitute candidates if there is any objectionable performance.
De digitale slimme wereld.
De digitale slimme wereld.
The present future will look different from this time. I envision people all driving electric. Internal combustion engine vehicles will be a thing of the past. We will hardly be able to imagine its existence anymore. Furthermore, the crypto currency will take its place in society even more. Current banks will disappear even more from the streetscape with their ATMs. Mailboxes will no longer be there at all, because all mail will go digital. It will no longer be possible to send a physical letter. People will have only a smartwatch instead of a smartphone. The phone will be integrated into a smartwatch, so the combination will no longer be necessary to link it together. Calls, texts, apps, Internet browsing will all go through the smartwatch. The smartwatch will also increasingly assume its position. And the also in schools nothing will be put on paper with pen anymore. Everything will then be digital. Finally, AI has taken ground in a way that people find it normal. At the front desk at government buildings, people are no longer addressed by a physical person, but by smart computers people are received, checked, authorized and admitted. Employees are recognized by finger, hand or eye scans and no more passes or tags.
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