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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In the future, I envision vehicles that are capable of being able to travel at mid-altitude, with autonomous mobility like today's airplanes, also capable of avoiding each other and leading the occupants to their destinations without risk. unfortunately, I have seen the effects of road accidents too many times. L eattuali paved roads would be available to transport goods or, better yet, goods could be moved by rail. People should be free to go out and enjoy life, being able to work the bare minimum even from home, working less and with mggier income, so that they can enjoy the rest of their lives, without being forced to spend most of it working or on the road in traffic. Unfortunately, I know very well that this is a utopia, but sometimes I like to be able to believe in fairy tales. I would also like to see a safer world where those who do wrong really pay, especially that laws not only punish street thugs but also white-collar criminals who do more damage than others but are not touched in any way because politicians make laws to protect themselves.

Ca sent le cochon ici.....

J'ai 85 ans. J'ai cru mourir de douleur et de mes maladies dans les années 35! Je n'avais pas assez d'argent pour obtenir la carte "prioritaire" et le désert médical était affreux. Et puis la révolution IA a fait que j'ai eu droit à de nouveaux soins accélérés par la recherche. Les stations d'analyse accessibles gratuitement dans les maisons médicales virtuelles et les opérations robotisées m'ont faites gagner des années de retraite quasi inespérées. J'ai eu souvent peur de rentrer dans ces services . Je savais qu'en fonction de mon état physique et surtout de mon état socio-cognitif je serai guérie au moins en partie ou al contrario "amenée vers la sortie définitive" de notre monde! Mon QI encore compétitif m'a sauvé pour quelque temps. Par contre, j'ai toujours une sensation bizarre d'odeur animalière dans mon corps à cause de ces merveilleuses prothèses de cochon.....

Passato o futuro

I would like to see children playing on the street, as when I was little I , have greener and more economic stability , to relive the same purchasing power for people a future that resembles the past.Less stress in everyday life,the ability to turn without being afraid.

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