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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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The morning began with the sound of a melody that did not come from the alarm, but from a stolen assistant in the mirror. The mirror greeted me and showed me the weather forecast, the plan of the day and my stress level, with a short meditation. While I was putting on my smart clothing, it was adjusting to the temperature and the weather. The kitchen was a side dish - the robot-chef prepared a savoury smoothie to meet my nutritional needs, which he analysed over the course of a week. At the end, I flew in a flying capsule that flew over the hill. Traffic jams were a matter of routine, but I used the time spent travelling to read the article on virtual reality. I went to a building with an ecosystem that recycles its waste and uses solar energy. I connected to a collective network at the business. We didn't use keyboards or screens anymore - all information is transmitted to the mind via neural connections. In the pause, I walked through a digital park where holograms of billions and birds were creating a nature scene. In the evening, returning to the house, I saw a "celestial display" on the ceiling - an artificially twisted sky which helps with abandonment. While I was drifting off to sleep, the smart switch in the room extended my disconnection and adjusted the temperature for a short break. The future was wonderful, or sometimes I dreamed of single-state weather.
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