After people had experienced so many environmental catastrophes and wars worldwide in the early 1930s, everyone finally realized that it couldn't go on like this.
Everywhere they deposed the dictatorial oligarchs, distributed their possessions fairly to all those in need and developed a worldwide democratic form of government that could predict storms and catastrophes with the help of the tamed and controlled AI.
Environmentally harmful behaviour was no longer necessary, as sufficient natural and semi-natural alternatives were developed and made available worldwide. Due to the technical development, the storms could be contained again and the needs of all people in the world could be satisfied.
Just as the civilized people of the 20th century shook their heads about the witch burnings in the Middle Ages, so the survivors now judged the egocentric behavior of their ancestors and tried to lead a humane ethically good way of life …