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OPENING AUTHORITY (ΚΑΙΝΟΥΡΓΙΑ ΑΡΧΗ)

Anonymous

April 26, 2023

OPENING AUTHORITY (ΚΑΙΝΟΥΡΓΙΑ ΑΡΧΗ)

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The digital age that should mark people’s improved and more comfortable lives has shifted a balance of modern human beings. Any real feeling and experience is now considered obsolete and anything we are new to try, banal. Social networks determine our relationships, which either do not expand or do not evolve to a large extent in their absence. At the same time, society suffers from difficult economic problems. Corrupt governments of states could only bring the situation to the end of the barley. A barbour that can only be crossed with real values. But also. Ethical principles are missing from governments, civil servants, education, young people from all over the world. Every act is considered normal as long as it satisfies our egoism. And if this egoism leads to at least one subtle spiritual investigation or an attempt to rehabilitate the labour market, we are lucky. Because most of them imitate the prominence and dreams. Most try to win the beauty when it should not have a place in their lives. What beauty do we talk to? Each defines it differently. The issue is that what is now considered to be a “coul” is often the one that destroys the whole. But everything is good! The cigarettes in each recess are scattered, such as margarites on a mountain pasture, and the graffiti are fired in the urban galleries, making a spectacle... What beautiful our cities are! Car smoke does not disturb us. Forgotten bins do not tempt us. It is enough that our cities are not flooded by climate change. It is enough that COP27 did not discuss us at all, but about something bitter African farmers who cannot feed their children.

If at least half of these problems could be solved by 2040, I would be happy. But we will find the values to bridge the gap between modern realities and real life?

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hallo
Muutus ühiskonnas
People would consume more local food and services. Such a direct-to-manufacturer approach. Social media would support this, and more would bring people together rather than make us "home". The time people can spend with loved ones/family increases and balances more fairly with the time spent at work. People would do more of the work they like and are closer to their hearts, rather than the barely feeding/covering family/children. In general, we will value closeness/family/friends and generally quality time. In life, the main thing is not to have to die at work in order to barely survive. Capitalism in this form will hopefully change, and the only point of trade is not just to get as often and as much money from the neat as possible. Which is also much more environmentally sustainable. Instead of filling the pockets of some rich people, money moves to those who really need it.
hallo
Schoon, veilig en iedereen dezelfde kansen
By 2040, the world will run entirely on clean energy and plastic pollution will be a thing of the past. Cities are green, with parks and electric vehicles giving way to car-free zones. Pedestrians and cyclists have all the space, while super-fast and sustainable public transport effortlessly connects everyone. The ocean is clean, biodiversity has been restored and we are finally living in balance with nature. Everyone has the right to good, affordable care, with the focus not on aging, but on health and a healthier planet. Equal rights are a fact worldwide, regardless of origin, gender or background. Wars are a thing of the past, because cooperation and peace are the norm. Travel is done without CO₂ emissions, living is affordable for everyone and society is about well-being rather than profit. A sustainable, healthy and liveable future in which people and planet flourish.
hallo
Demokratian ja rauhan utopia
In 2040, there is more peace and stability in the world than there is now. People understand each other better. There is disagreement, but disagreements are discussed more calmly and constructively, in pursuit of a common situational picture. Democracy is advancing; The totalitarian and populist tendencies have weakened. The international community has put in place sensible measures to combat climate change and biodiversity loss. Human rights have progressed favourably throughout the world. We've learned how to use virtual platforms in ways that don't tear but build. The power of technology giants has been limited.
hallo
Voy a ser abuelo
We are in the year 2040, in April I will turn 60 and I imagine facing my last professional years with a smile on my mouth, with a terrible desire to reach retirement age or already thinking about reducing my work activity to focus on enjoying life. My kids just made me grandpa and this is my biggest illusion now. I will enjoy my people, my friends and acquaintances, the close family and the new entertainment opportunities offered by new technologies. All kinds of experiences that, as always, are best enjoyed in the best company, that of yours, the family you have and the family you choose. My children have jobs that allow them to enjoy life and people more than we have, but we must make an effort so that we all coincide in special moments. We value physical contact very much and prefer this to do it through screens, although sometimes there is no other remedy. 2040 is presented with a relative world peace and we must take advantage of it, people try again to enjoy the moment, the small things, in the face of the flood of technology so necessary and at the same time so dehumanized.
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