Year 2055. Self (our main character of the story) woke up, gets up and moves towards the window to open the blinds. What she sees you can barely imagine...she decides to go and grab a cup of coffee. In her kitchen you could notice many different utensils that you might see for the first time in your life. How old are you by the way?
In this year everything is possible. Lets go back to the kitchen where Self is right now. She understands that in order to get her coffee she has to inform a household robot, otherwise she will not be satisfied with zero caffeine. One problem is that this robot is too talkative and our character got off on the wrong foot and had no intense to talk to anybody even with the AI sojourner.
Meanwhile, she had so many thoughts to rearrange and get rid of in her head that she decided to take an initial step towards her positive AI servant.
- Hello Siri
-Hello, miss Self! How's your fantastic cheerful morning?
- Not bad, actually I have a little energy today and in dire need of fuelling myself with a strong cup of americano.
-Sure, miss! By the way, would you like a glass of refreshing orange juice afterwards?
- Probably yes. Tell please my family that I have a day off.
Our heroine stepped on the balcony and saw this view of the world where she lives. Unbelievably structured and systematic city. Early morning. Concrete jungles with the advanced innovative intersected roads made in the air, which intertwine, leaving no chance to meet the wrong lane because the engineers put efforts to make everything more convenient and less dangerous for everyone on the flying highway...Convenient. This word has a powerful meaning which is appreciated by everyone in this world. Citizens can name themselves as modern human beings because in this place everything brings joy and happiness into iron hearts of folks, powered by electricity.
People look seamless, they invented universal style for all genders. They can express themselves as they want, but if someone will say a coarse remark to anybody else, this person will be immediately fined by the Sensitive Police which works fast and prevents misbehaviours of individuals of each age. By clicking on the button you have on your phone, they call you as a reply on your request and ask who that person was and what was his intentions. Then if a person they checked up was caught not once they continue having their research upon him and if they find out that particular person allegedly involved in a crime or terrorism, they could pay you decent money and congratulate you on helping police in the investigation of cases of deviants.
Again looking at the city, hustling bustling environment with LED lights on the each corner getting ready to turn on when it is twillight... The advertisement of a house where happy living family settled down winking at you, almost interacting with you, showing their great purchase from the billboard and paying attention that you listen to them, follow them and that you are getting a desire to be fortunate like them and eventually get the house of your dreams.
Self shifted her glance away from it and stared right in front of her. There was a huge interactive screen suggesting to buy a brand new robot which takes care of children and elderly people. It is so good in it that even folks of previous generations love the way it communicates with them. There is a written script: Your parents will dive into nostalgia and this is not a hyperbole! Who can resist such a thing? God damn clever machines!
Nevertheless, today was a day off. It meant to upgrade the memory capacity of the brain, delete obsolete subscriptions, pay for the bills and finally reset the brain system.
People not long time ago started to suffer from the overloaded life and it primarily affected their behaviours which almost led to the revolution of the mindset. Those in danger needed to be treated and cured. There was a doctor from country X who was able to convert these sufferings into a new way of living filled with a sense of a complete satisfaction. This doctor found himself making a research on how the human brain works and when the situation was on the sharp edge of making a mankind exhausted and drained by social media and online platforms, this man presented the tested version of his work. No more anguish, no more agony of uncertainty and the preceded anxiety, you only need to have an access to your brain register and do whatever is needed. Your life is under your control. The humanity wanted it since the flourishing years of industrial revolution and now it became possible. That created program has invented itself a gene which stands for harmonious and prosperous way of living this life for human beings and it made a huge resonance within some parts of the world. Many individuals just became exhausted.
Poor society standards tell people how to live, what to wear, whom date to. Make yourself sexually wanted, finish high school and stop educating yourself through exploration and evaluation current conditions, do not develop critical thinking, instead rely on hard skills and be competitive. You have an expiration date. Annually you must maintain your proficiency, learn more through courses and never-ending meetings with personal couches.
This "normality" overall stands for a successful way of living life. It is really complicated to marry a person because he consumes a lot of social media which shows up wide range of people of opposite sex physically and mentally advanced that a person either fall in love with that media staff and is getting the irresistible wish to cheat on their partner or starts feeling depressed because he or she can not take what they want from it. It is human's biological function to compare and contrast different possibilities of life and discover people who share one's interests and dreams. With the help of social media people found out much more easier way to communicate without being hurt by someone, they merely talk to their family and loved ones, preferring to share their time with a media stranger who became a bosom friend forever.
The doc's program is something which society rely on. Many of them struggle with Anxiety Disorders, PTSD, Eating Disorders and so on and so forth and this current situation we have put ourselves in is requiring us to stay in. There could be the way more dangerous things such as poverty, crime, drugs addition, virtual reality anxiety and even physical ailments... people are dating machines because a real life human being is no longer affordable for them, people stuck in a place called "social media limbo" where there is no escape unless you experience real life tough situations and you feel embarrassed for what you have done and immediately social media community talks about you being fucked up again and again. The only way to get out of limbo - by doing the same repeated actions, countless experiences of appealing as a freak and seeking for "your" people out there who might not ready yet to support you because they are on their way to help themselves too...and you both need time to realise that no one gonna help you to reach an independent stay of mind by allowing you to live with those who already familiarised themselves with a meaning of a word human away from having a vigilant materialistic lifestyle and patronise only perfect/authentic things not mentioning about hard labor and sacrifices for the sake of loved ones.
There are many extraordinary things to tell about the society Self lives in. Particularly things we have been told about. Lets go back to the kitchen and we are ready to enjoy a fresh morning cup of coffee with new thoughts and additional questions in our heads.
But before that...do you like a smell of a fresh coffee in the morning? What a feeling when a nice mug probably which was being made by yourself is in your hands filled with a drink of gods to boost their energy within and slower time for a second...
It might be cold inside because the window is slightly open and this cardamom fragrant makes you cozy...suddenly, you in love with the present moment and ready to share your lovely ideas and share your experience with someone else.
These simple joys are still appreciated in this fast moving forward modern society. Every second people are sharing their experiences with strangers from every part of the planet and it is a shame not to have a device connected to the internet, it seems old fashioned when a person walks slowly and pays no attention to their phone on way to somewhere.
Self considers herself as an old fashion type of human being. She is aware of what it is like to be a good listener with zero expectations from a person she considers to be a friend of hers. It is crucial to say that one of her ex friends once told her she prefers to listen to bloggers from online platforms instead of searching for outer connections and be vulnerable around them...
So, all in all people value comfort over their adventurous and curious personalities. Self still enjoys cooking meal by herself in the kitchen while listening to music of 60x and sipping red wine, she gazes at the night sky observing planets and naming stars in constellations, she does not forget to say hello to her neighbours when they passing by her, at nights she dreams of the best world for the place she lives in...
If there is someone out there who somehow would like to share life with Self, smelling the scent of flowers and dancing barefoot at home along the indie rock music...please, contact her...by your powerful consciousness.
Back to what she needs to do today. People schedule things they have to do in their TO DO lists. It is under control of the government and by the end of each month every single family sends to the local department their to do lists with ticks or crosses marked on paper. Department with the help of AI checks them and sends new for families (including kids) but this time something in the schedule might be changed depending on the resources people rely on, of someone is getting more and more successful, this family is becoming a part of the helping system which obliged them to work harder for the sake of a prosperity of the city they live in. Sounds great but this structured and practical idea became popular among people not too long ago. You won't even trust what you will hear right know...but all civilisations 15 years ago believed in their own superiority over each other. Countless wars, nuclear weapons, disease of society itself killed more than half of population of the planet which led to collapse the new
world order. Everything became even worse than it could be because of the threatening sky above. The predictions from the scientists are not so comforting as we would like them to be. The death of the planet is on its way to happen within a calculated number of years therefore if humanity do not team up, we will face disastrous consequences.
Anyway, some people behave as nothing had happened. Sure it is due human's nature. Who cares about whom? This is a question popped up in Self's head. She can google it but does not want to. No time left since she had a first thought when she woke up this morning and asked a personal robot about a cup of recharging drink full of potential to escape to nowhere...
- Stop wondering just do what you are suppose to do Self! -she said out loud to herself all of a sudden
- I still have days` off chores! Time is almost up! - she disapprovingly looked at herself in the mirror and noticed right behind of her in the window a rocket being launched far away from her city but the noise itself is stunning...
Goosebumps...she thought. We live in extraordinary times! Self started to upgrade her brain system finally and what she noticed is the dialogue with her grandma V who was expressing her concerns about the future of humanity. Grandma was in a good state of mind, very optimistic nature of this person and her lovely attitude towards everything she talks about was priceless, Self now and then likes watching their conversations via the brain program, rediscovering wisdoms of her beloved granny and also reminding herself of the fast passing time of life.
- When I was at your age - granny started - I hated the society of my generation because of its flaws and imperfections I saw everywhere I go. I remember being a kid and there were no cellphones and Internet but people connected to each other via hand letters and face-to-face interactions. Then everything had changed in the snap of fingers. We lost each other on the internet, we shared posts/photos of our pets, newborn kids, even problems became shareable allowing everyone to watch, to judge, to hate, to love and to... to go to someone else, forgetting about you because you no longer interested to their eyes, they fed up with your personality because they see you flawless and therefore themselves as a piece of junk, collecting problems, having troubles and running out of time and energy within.
This thing is called social media. It every day ruins lives of people. Everyone wants Porsche, three kids and a perfect spouse in order to stay trendy and have "friends". Remember Self, always listen to your heart and do not let others ruin your vision of life...as long as it is not disruptive for others.
Cold shower. Boiling blood in veins. This and other dialogues with granny I won't delete in my brain. Previously people did not have the opportunity to watch their memories but now... dear Lord, this is probably the best time on the planet for people to live, despite its hardness to trust others, everything seems to be perfect. If only people could trust and love as they did before. I saw it in movies of my granny's generation. Love, recklessness, desires to achieve, hopes and dreams related to a person you fall in love with. When you go to the cinema to experience a first kiss in your life, when you walk in the park holding hands, when you chat with a friend about that stupid guy you have just broke up with and cry your tears out because it hurts... These days people overcome difficult things and they experience no emotional pain thanks to the new brain program allowing to scroll through the news without feeling sadness or anger, or to look at an ex boyfriend marrying a beautiful woman without expressing jealousy and envy. Thanks God people have this tool in the shed. What is next? Or, here we go! Just press the button on your laptop where there is an icon BRAIN SYSTEM UPLOADING and forget about everything you have just thought about and worried of. After that life will be much easier to swallow and you will continue doing what you regularly do. Just press that FUCKING BUTTON do not be a pain in the ass for the sake of yourself please...- Self unconsciously pushed herself to do this. And she did so.
-The first task is completed, lets see what comes next!
She took a to do list and decided to accomplish the next task.
- Delete obsolete subscriptions, hell! I have no idea what I should do with it.
(Self found another icon on her laptop with the name PERSONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS)
clicked on the icon and erased files which are no longer available for her due to their archaism. )
- Easy, this one is very important for me! (an app about famous artists of all time and their works with personal explanations of the strokes, colours which were chosen by them and the story behind) I could enjoy the company of talented and wise people of the previous times! Not mentioning that I was able to discuss with them matters which interested me. Anyway, I have no options but to delete it. Software engineers and AI can easily replace this app with a brand new one with the same features...I hope and prey for it.
-Well, so far so good! The final one is the last thing which still reminds me of the old world. Paying the bills. The fact that so many of us need natural resources and we entirely depend on them, blows up my mind. I have heard from my granny that people in the past used natural resources and spend them as they wished without paying attention to the consequences. People had invented plastic materials and it became popular among all the nations. Plastic bags, bottles, plastic furniture...this list can go on and on. As a result: global warming and water pollution and my generation will struggle with this every single day because we have less opportunities in the way of using water. I mean we can use 5 litres of water per day per person and that is it. Clean water considered as a sign of wealth and prosperity.
I am not mad at them, things are just as they are and we can not change our past but only with mindfulness and precise attention to details we can manage to help nature to rise from ashes.
Chores of the day off are done probably for now.
Self grasped that she did not even have breakfast by sudden rumble in her belly...She headed towards the AI servant to ask for food serving...
