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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Przyjazny świat.

Above all, I would like to see far better human interaction. For this reason, I am not an advocate of AI or excessive use of social media. I envision a sustainable world where new technologies make life easier but don't take it away. I'd like to see innovations aimed at eliminating hunger/poverty rather than causing increasing disparities in society. I would like our world to use the resources the Earth gives us, without harming it, so as not to lead to climate migrations. In 2050, lifestyles should be far less consumerist. Modern energy sources and transportation based on them, which will allow easy movement without harming the environment. Organic food instead of artificiality. Products without palm oil, artificial additives. I would like every household to be self-sufficient and organic. I would like there to be vaccines and medicines for so-called civilization diseases especially oncology. Society returning to nature will age more slowly and people will be more close-knit and happier without the current rush for money or having lots of unnecessary wishes. I would like to stop climate change so that cocoa plantations don't disappear and children in the future can occasionally taste chocolate. Security and the absence of wars is also a key issue. I would like all the countries of the world to sign a declaration on the inviolability of national borders.

On palattu takaisin normaaliin elämään

We are back to a normal society, where decision-making is based on facts and seeks to act in the best interests of people and nature. No more pseudo-scientific climate alarmism and a "green transition" that only harmed people and nature. We have also put an end to harmful immigration, which in practice led to an increase in crime and social spending. There has also been a return to normal democracy and an end to the violation of freedom of expression and other totalitarian tendencies aimed at subjugating people and creating a society in which any criticism of those in power is banned. There were already examples of such totalitarian efforts in the 2020-2022 period, when many countries launched completely arbitrary restriction and closure measures for which there was no legal or scientific justification - even though the media had claimed to the public that these measures were necessary to combat the coronavirus. Yet, even at the time, people knew that this was all a complete lie, and the corona epidemic was used as a pretext to enable these dictatorial efforts and to test the machinery of the authorities for future needs. But fortunately, in 2040, we no longer have to fear any of this.

Jaki piękny Świat

The earth is finally at peace with no war anywhere. People appreciate harmony and take care of each other. They have created a major food bank and the more needy can use it, there are no more starving children. Mankind has understood that they need to take care of their planet, they don't want the Earth to slowly die, so everyone at the local level takes care of the environment and is proud of it. The world is drowning in greenery and the water and air are clean as in ancient times.

Beamen ??

For me, I would like to see the world and the mindset of politicians be more open. Thinking is no longer confined to one pathway, but traveling. Hyperloop and the like would probably be a better solution than airplanes and cars for long-distance travel. However, I also think that traveling by car must remain in order to be able to travel individually. E-mobility can only be an interim solution, if at all. Personally, I don't think much of e-mobility because it is too expensive and definitely not sustainable. New, sustainable energy must be created, money must be spent on it and research must be intensified. Unfortunately, beaming is only realistic in movies! Nevertheless, something has to be done,

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