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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
Vielleicht?!
Vielleicht?!
I want to go into the next few years until 2040 in peace and security. No war, no global conflicts and no threats should be the goal of my journey. Politicians who only look at themselves and have bad thoughts in their heads should grow flowers on their heads. I will nurture and care for them, water and pick them, so that they can still make sense of their existence. Let it rain and snow. It should storm and shake. Everything shall be so tolerable that people, animals and nature do not suffer. Wells full of water will cover the earth and thus satisfy people's only desire - namely to quench their thirst. Perhaps this is all too much to ask. But the evil and wickedness in this world always manages to bring chaos and division. "Do not do to others what you would not want done to yourself". Anyone who observes this will have a pleasant life in 2040. They will be content and will allow others the freedom they enjoy. Finally, there will no longer be any difference between humans and animals. Everyone is allowed to be there. But don't forget about diligence. The desire to create something and help others remains a basic principle of existence. And always with us: the thought of all those who need our help!
Drugačna prihodnost
Drugačna prihodnost
We used to go to school, but now it's unthinkable because we are home-schooled. Our teacher is artificial intelligence. We don't know cars anymore, now we go by air and we can travel 30km in 10 minutes. Slow trains at 150km/h are no more, now we drive at a minimum of 300km/h. There are no longer live employees in petrol stations and local restaurants, there are robots and self-service checkouts. There is a lack of emotional intelligence. People are emotionless everyone is in a hurry.. life used to be nicer, and children used to play outside now I don't see any anymore.
Izboljšanje življenja na svetu
Izboljšanje življenja na svetu
I want a safe and peaceful life without smells, stability more jobs in fashion and companies that need sketch artists, a stable health system to treat causes and not effects and to introduce Ayurvedic medicine. A better life in general.
Fred i verden
Fred i verden
My first thought is that I imagine life for my children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren is a place where life is lived sensibly with peace in the world, 😁 a place where nature is paramount, where the climate crisis is overcome, where artificial intelligence is fully implemented and there is guaranteed to be "invented a new amazing intelligence" that advances the entire world situation.
Where we're at
Where we're at
It's now 2040 and so much has changed since 15 years ago in 2025. Transport has changed so much as there are no longer any petrol or diesel cars, electric is the only option fuel option available since 2035. Another visible change is the abolition of landline telephones, all communication is through mobile networks and most people watch television on portable devices, the concept of the television set in the corner is long forgotten. The workplace has also been transformed with the increase in the amount of hybrid working and full time home working supported by the increase in data centres and the reducing cost of technology, storage and proliferation of AI world-wide.
Nuove scoperte interessanti
Nuove scoperte interessanti
Time travel has always been my passion. Certainly in 2050 I will not be there but to my children I would like to leave a healthier and cleaner world, possibly without wars . I think that , if the use of renewable sources goes on, surely it will be a better world also thanks to technology and new scientific discoveries to solve most incurable diseases. Surely there will be new discoveries in the 'universe and it will be possible to travel in space to new habitable planets that are cleaner than ours .
Jämlikhetens seger
Jämlikhetens seger
It is a time when everyone has let go of their anger. Where everyone has understood that closing borders and piling up wealth is bad. We have peace and prosperity by helping each other. No one is allowed to escape their obligations to the population, to avoid paying taxes by fleeing to another country. A Europe where we can look forward with hope and believe in better times!
NO FUTURE
NO FUTURE
Ideally, we'd like to go back to the post-war years, when everything was (more or less) fine; people were coming out of a hard ordeal and wanted to forget and be happy. Today, money and religion have corrupted everything, we're no longer allowed to laugh, we're governed by ayatollahs and incompetents who destroy everything. We can no longer have fun, there's no more education, violence prevails, there's no more intelligence except AI/AI, which ends up destroying everything. So-called "social" networks (never has a name been so badly worn) are nothing but an outpouring of bile and hatred. Even the USA, once a symbol of freedom, is now in the hands of two mad dictators... the world is doomed.
Låt alla jobba och bli trötta
Låt alla jobba och bli trötta
I want crime to be gone, I want all adults to work and not create unsafe and horrible events at night. I want us all to work and be tired at night, then crime will decrease. I want everyone to be forced to work and not go on benefits and create insecurity. The same applies to everyone, including immigrants, no one needs to go on benefits.
Better than expected
Better than expected
Oh in 2040, will I still be on this planet ... hopefully. AI will have made further and further inroads. The restless and hectic world of big politics will hopefully have calmed down. And very importantly, there is peace on this earth, the environmental problems are in the process of being solved. Naive as I am, I also believe that the migration issue has been resolved. Politics as a whole has accepted all the challenges and is telling people the truth. Bureaucracy has been massively reduced!!!! I will be able to live on my pension. but the most important thing: POPULISM IS DEAD AND THERE IS PEACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Blaginja sveta -čisti zrak,voda, morje, zdrav prst zemlje
Blaginja sveta -čisti zrak,voda, morje, zdrav prst zemlje
Nature is clean. We have healthy air, clean water, rivers that flow freely without dams, healthy soil for growing crops, and everything grows without toxic chemicals. Animals are no longer staked to eat. We all have a home and a job, and everyone is doing what they love and developing their talents.This future no longer has weapons of war to fight wars.Soldiers are trained in peace negotiations for justice and the good of all, helping others who are worse off than others...
Żyjmy bardzie "zielono".
Żyjmy bardzie "zielono".
I know that over the next few years a lot will change in the so-called "environmental protection", starting with heating sources for both single-family and multi-family homes. I believe that the individual's awareness of the recovery of recyclable materials will improve, with much better organization of their collection and management. We will waste less food and water. We will show more sense in forest and water management
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