Voy a ser abuelo

Anonymous

March 19, 2025

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We are in the year 2040, in April I will turn 60 and I imagine facing my last professional years with a smile on my mouth, with a terrible desire to reach retirement age or already thinking about reducing my work activity to focus on enjoying life. My kids just made me grandpa and this is my biggest illusion now. I will enjoy my people, my friends and acquaintances, the close family and the new entertainment opportunities offered by new technologies. All kinds of experiences that, as always, are best enjoyed in the best company, that of yours, the family you have and the family you choose. My children have jobs that allow them to enjoy life and people more than we have, but we must make an effort so that we all coincide in special moments. We value physical contact very much and prefer this to do it through screens, although sometimes there is no other remedy. 2040 is presented with a relative world peace and we must take advantage of it, people try again to enjoy the moment, the small things, in the face of the flood of technology so necessary and at the same time so dehumanized.

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Un idéal

In 2040 we are much more in solidarity with each other, the great fortunes have redistributed a large part of their profits for research and the fight against inequalities. Thanks to ambitious programmes, we are about to put an end to global warming.

It's a sunny winter's day. No more wars and the world is in harmony. Everyone around me is reasonably healthy and there is a cure for cancer thanks to research. Inflation and purchasing power remain more or less the same. The economic situation is improving and the refugee crisis has been resolved. People's fears are no longer being exploited by the media. That's all I want to write.

By 2040, people have become more aware of the animal suffering that comes with a piece of meat on your plate. Fewer and fewer people will eat meat and replace it with other foods. This will also reduce the greenhouse effect and give nature a helping hand. People get fewer physical complaints because they eat healthier and because of this there is also less unemployment among workers. Because we eat fewer animals, that space is exchanged for more nature, which increases biodiversity

Friede und Freundschaft für die Rasse Mensch

Some sunny day in the summer of 2040. I walk in the city park and see the people who also want to go outside to enjoy the day in the sun. They play with the dog, have fun with their children, do sports or just stand together in a small group and discuss everyday things. There is peace in the world, so there is no fear of attacks, acts of terrorism or air defense sirens. I am approaching a group of people – they are my neighbours, all normal and very nice people. They all welcomed me warmly when I moved here a few years ago. We all welcome each other and discuss briefly what we want to do on the weekend. Everyone has suggestions and we briefly discuss everything and quickly agreed on one of the activities. We easily arrange a meeting point and a time. I look forward to showing and telling them about my homeland again - as well as Hassan from Afghanistan, Ahmet from Turkey, Josip from Hungary, Alexandrej from Russia and Mike from England. All just normal people.

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