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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When I walk down my greened street, I find that after the turbulent years in which part of the former EU has separated, it has finally brought peace and clarity. The stricter legislation in force in the slimmed-down EEC is bearing fruit in many areas. Safety and trust are slowly returning. Utopias about integration have been thrown overboard and Western core values seem to be returning. External borders are tightly guarded and the EEC has an equal policy of quality of life rather than quantity. Fortunately, we have resisted the rise of billionaires and oligarchs in the 1930s and find ourselves in a prosperous, pragmatic and happy continent where we have gone through the eye of the needle.

Die KI der Zukunft zu Hause

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Švarus pasaulis

Imagine 2040, where clean and sustainable energy is the key change. In this world, almost all energy comes from renewable sources such as the sun, wind, hydropower and nuclear fusion. Energy storage technologies are so advanced that there is no waste of energy, and each building can generate and store its own electricity on its own. The transport system is also revolutionary, with fully autonomous electric vehicles and hydrogen vehicles dominating the roads and urban streets redesigned to make pedestrian and cyclist comfort a priority. City-to-city travel is carried out by ultra-fast electric trains, which replace most flights over short distances, reducing pollution. The climate crisis has been contained through targeted emission reductions and the use of carbon capture technologies. Cities have become greener, with vertical farms on skyscrapers, green roofs and smart air filtration solutions supporting clean air. Natural ecosystems have been restored and populations of endangered species have stabilised. In addition, access to energy has revolutionised society by making the basic cost of living (electricity, transport) almost free, allowing people to focus more on creativity, science and personal development than just working for living. It would be a future in which life would become not only more sustainable, but also more comfortable, giving more freedom to every person.

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