I would like everything to be a little more peaceful and people to have more compassion and more warmth and cohesion. That it would be more us and less me and you would just treat each other warmly and kindly. It would also be great if we could better or completely cure deadly diseases and possibly use AI technology for this, for a healthy and hopeful future for all of us.

Given how contemporary society is evolving, with money, rivalry, ruthlessness and corruption in the world, with people unable to free themselves from greed, with property being the greatest measure of a person's value, I absolutely do not want to imagine where the world will be in 2040.

By 2040, it will be understood as a global truth that the age of despotic imperialism is over; liberal democracy will have flourished to all corners of the globe. The widespread adoption of green renewable energy means no more resource conflicts, or propping up oppressive regimes. As Ireland opened up more paths for consumer investment it meant the practice of property hoarding became unfashionable and unnecessary.

Within a decade or two, life on the old continent should be much better than it has been in recent times. We must recover nuclear energy, and return to a thriving industrial and agricultural activity. Competing equally with the Maghreb and Asian markets. Recover meritocracy, and end socialist waste and corruption. Prevent attacks on the separation of powers (especially judges), which is absolutely essential for democracy to exist.