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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A morning in London

Opening my window first thing in the morning to take a fresh breath of clean air. This was despite living in eternally growing city of London. The air was crisp and without any pollutant smells. It was like being in a dense forest - the scent of trees and nature. Looking across the city I saw the glow of the rooftops - solar panels. Yes even in cloudy London everyone used solar power. This was because the tech had become so efficient that it was now possible to generate enough electricity for the average flat. Looking around I also spotted the buildings that instead chose to opt for green roofs. Vegetation and plants being used as a natural insulator but also to reduce the ovrrall temperature of the city during the hot summer months. Because the summers were getting hotter than ever each year. Thankfully this idea cooled the city down enough for it to be tolerable.

Tehnikaajastu on muutnud elu

AI has taken over the world. Young people no longer spend their time sitting in university desks, because AI provides the answers through the internet. They are travelling a lot and experiencing new things. Relationships with their parents are almost broken because the worldview is so different between generations. To avoid this, more emphasis should be placed on humanity in everyday life, even in the age of high technology. The state of nature is the same as it is now, the climate has not changed. Technology has evolved and allows us to do things that are difficult for ordinary people to imagine today. It makes everyday life easier. Medicine, too, has evolved, giving hope to people who are ill. People have begun to seek the truth and many have discovered that God is real.

Leaphfait

Technology has evolved to a whole new level, both in the private and military spheres. It is likely that control over individuals' private lives and finances has increased, which has also led those who disagree to become emboldened and to create alternative and perhaps even more creative financial networks. But most importantly, the perception of prosperity and security among the people of our country has changed. The UN has ceased its useless activities. A new security organisation has been created, perhaps already in cooperation with a more coldly developed civilisation, which is already preventing war conflicts from the outset. That is to say, not by allowing war to break out and allowing people to die, but simply by isolating the instigators of these conflicts at the very first stage of their ideas and plans. These new arrangements for the total prevention of armed conflicts make it pointless to spend the resources of armaments and those resources are invested in the well-being of people in the broadest sense of the word. The war between Russia and Ukraine is over in 2025, but the sanctions against Russia still exist. This Russian aggression is an example of the fact that the concept of security in our land had to be changed, because the majority of the population of the land simply watched as hundreds of soldiers and innocent citizens were murdered every day, and we understand that this is so primitive and therefore it is no longer tolerable. Sanctions on Russia start to be removed after ten years, when democratic elections have been held there.

Fremtidens energi

By 2040, the energy system in Denmark will be completely flexible and powered by renewable energy. Power from wind and solar is stored in large Power-to-X plants, so we always have energy when we need it. Cities are designed to be green and people-friendly with more recreational areas and fewer cars. Transportation is electrified and high-speed trains connect the entire country, making domestic air travel unnecessary. Energy is no longer a constraint, but a resource we use intelligently.

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