Ordinary mornings in 2042

Anonymous

April 26, 2023

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7am, March 28th 2042:
My personal assistant wakes me up with my favorite workday song and turns on the coffee machine. An ordinary alarm clock would perfectly do the job, but the automatic coffee machine is convenient after all.
While I brush my teeth, my personal assistant displays daily news on the mirror in front of me. Scientists came up with a new way to efficiently store an infinite amount of energy. I guess we are close to reaching complete carbon-neutrality for electricity production (8 years ahead of the plan!).
The next article reports that the 4-day workweek which was implemented in the EU in 2035 shows promising results. People started exercising more, spent more time with their families, attended more cultural events and participated more in local politics. I would tend to confirm it in my own case.
The following article reports how the unified EU-wide social security system enables workers to swiftly move from one country to another with significantly less paperwork and administrative hurdles. I always wondered why it was not implemented earlier.
The next article discusses an ongoing problem in our society. Biotechnology has enabled humans to amplify their physical and cognitive abilities. These technologies became increasingly affordable (though still quite expensive), and it led to a dualistic society. I keep asking myself what we can do about it, probably nothing. We made a lot of progress in guaranteeing and protecting freedoms to choose our life paths, education, careers, whom we love, how we dress, which god we worship and so on and so on. I guess choosing to enhance our abilities is also part of these choices.
The last topic of my daily news review concerns the increase of retirement age. Apparently it's a side effect of the 4-day workweek. I guess I won't be retired before 2085 or something… But at least most bullshit jobs have been taken over by AI and automated systems and I have all the freedom to choose a professional activity that fulfills my life goals.

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The world's political landscape is full of very diverse and differently minded statesmen who should have more intelligent and meaningful conversations with each other, knowing each other's history, respecting each other's customs and culture. Differences enrich our minds and add variety to our lives by seeing the daily lives of other nations. Also, the nature, plants, animals of different regions are ours to protect, not to destroy en masse for the sake of an animal body part or a tree species. If you hunt an animal, think about whether it is essential, perhaps you can replenish your body's energy reserves with what is available. Our planet is producing a mind-boggling amount of food that is doomed to perish, as is body clothing and other consumer goods and packaging. May the planet not one day drown under the rubbish we produce, both on land and in the water. The air is full of the microplastics we breathe in and other chemicals, and air quality is under great threat. The greatest wish is to live in peace with other countries and cultures, to see animals living in peace in their own environment and not polluting the air, water and land. Humans, as the most evolutionarily intelligent, must not give up thinking and working with their heads, because there is a great danger of being deprived of social interaction, leading to loneliness and overthinking. Robots may exist, but to a certain limit, which must be regulated, and not to produce pointless rubbish and destroy mineral resources, thereby causing the depletion of the earth as well as strife between countries and people.

That life is still affordable.that pensioners are not starving.that everyone who needs it gets the care they need.that people no longer have to starve,that there is no more war.that our environment is cleaner again.I won't live to see all this.but I still wish it for my children and grandchildren.

hello ,when it comes to the future i tend to think that nothing good is coming,,,.especially as a result of such political games by human governments...the worst that is coming is from nature - from the changes in the solar system...the earth is warming from below also the glaciers on the continental shelves are melting from below also the ocean is warming from below ,magma is coming closer to the surface...,Other planets in the solar system are also affected by the sun,where changes are also taking place, Mankind has no part in this ,,,people are being blatantly lied to,,,this whole society is now set up on a sham.so , as the top scientists claim not much longer , maybe a little over three years , then life on earth will have become unbearable , there will be a great migration of wafers , and with it will come life fights , wars , by the way Russia has already started , noo more of a killing frenzy after all , a predator nation , naku says their greeting -dovarizi .dovar is a commodity and izii is otsi ...commodity otsi,,but that's about it.and still the climate is increasing earthquakes and volcanic eruptions,,which have also been observed,,and never been seen before.but we shall see what we can feel this year..BUT THAT'S HAPPY FOR US,,VERY HAPPY

Bevolking Nederland.

It is January 1, 20240 and it is 00:00. Happy New Year. Even in 2040, developments in ICT will be even more advanced than in the past 25 years. Unfortunately, automation is going to cost many jobs and the world economy remains uncertain. The Netherlands now has more "imports" living in most cities than natives. The developments that started 40 years ago are unstoppable and will continue. Successive governments have not been able to do anything about this growth, because the Netherlands is bound hand and foot to Europe. Economically, more and more money also has to be spent on defense, but in my opinion this is not necessary, because new wars are being fought via computer.

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