In the society of the future, we share and think in a circular way, using the Earth's resources so that there is enough for everyone and so that we do not jeopardize our future. Waste no longer exists, but everything we produce and manufacture is fed back into systems to be used and given new life. Artificial intelligence (AI) has freed up resources to change the way people work, leaving more time for creativity, humanity and other things that make us feel good. We are living longer. Individualism has peaked and measuring performance has been replaced by intrinsic motivation and a sense of belonging. We are not our professions but people, with more time for thought and reflection. The society of 30 years from now will be a strong society where we have taken responsibility for, and adapted to, climate challenges. Technological developments and the exponential growth of digitalization have created good conditions and shared knowledge, understanding and insight have guided us in how to use them in the best way. We operate in a global context where we reach the whole world no matter where we are.

If it is 2040, I would like the world to be free of war and violence and to be able to travel freely through Europe. People able to visit Eastern European countries again without the threat of violence. The economies will flourish again because of increasing tourism. Even Moscow is flourishing in this regard. Those in power now are under lock and key, and new governments stand for freedom and democracy.

The war in the Ukraine has ended peacefully. Russia has totally withdrawn. Putin is deceased. The tensions of the past few years have made people in Europe realize the need to communicate and cooperate with each other in an open and peaceful manner.

In 2025, the second pandemic of that decade spread rapidly around the world. H5N1 led to devastation for farmed and wild animals, and the food chain, as a result. Governments worldwide came together to do what they hadn't done for covid - implement mitigation measures including isolation, testing, vaccination and, most importantly, improved indoor air quality. Looking back, it seems incredible that we breathed each other's exhaled air for hours on end, trying to work and learn in stuffy, unventilated spaces as the CO2 increased. Kids missed so much school, and adults missed so much work - things are so different now. We know that viruses, pollutants and mold float around in the air but that it's easy to remove them, and now kids, who are much more affected by dirty air due to their body size, are much healthier. We also know that whilst germs do help our immune systems learn, there are no viruses that are good for us, and we'd never knowingly allow them to spread as they can cause long term illnesses and immune dysfunction. This is what we learned from covid, and hopefully we will have cures for all the illnesses it caused (before we eradicated it) soon. Around the world, indoor and outdoor air quality have improved so much, and the heating of the planet now seems like something we might be able to slow down, because we know governments can work together for the benefit of their citizens, especially since we banned billionaireism and put all their money to good use.