What is the world of the future like?
There is a movie “2001” by Stanley Kubrick that is a 60’s interpretation of what the year 2001 would be like.
In the movie, we see that people in spaceships are flying to other worlds. Well, in the 1950’s futurists said that by the year 2000 we would have global government, floating cities, flying cars, talking AI computers, and, not to worry, robots are doing all the work.
BUT, if you show a person from the 60’s the real 2001 with cell phones, laptop computers with WiFi, internet, and of course 911, they would ask “Huh? What happened to the Concorde Supersonic Jet, or the moon rockets?”
They expected that hypersonic flight would be common in 2001, as well as rockets to the moon. Also, there are no flying cars or men on mars.
As we see, the real 2001 is depressingly dismal. We have LCD TV, but no holographic television. We have robots in Detroit building cars, but they can’t walk or talk. Most products are not made in robot factories, they are made by Chinese people working for the starvation wage of 50 cents an hour.
This world you see while go on for a short space, but the dog is barking at the tree. If we cannot learn to work together, Armageddon is at our door.
Using HDR infused astral time travel, I have seen the future. It is not as many of you imagine it. First off, the most glaring difference is what is missing.
There are no hospitals, schools, police, or any institutions of any kind. The mall is gone, replaced by a small mom & pop shop. It is a kind of miniature general store that has bags of grain, salt, soap, and very little fresh produce. I saw the grain it was dirty, full of rocks and debris, as well as weed seed.
Since there is no money, this place serves as a trading post. You trade for items you need. Most people also use this place as a hangout to find a mate.
The big cities are gone, most are still radioactive after the war. All infrastructure, as in roads, bridges, power stations, sewer systems, etc is no more. The guv is gone. No more war, no more army, navy, air force, etc.
Religion is alive and well, but the "big church" organized religion is gone. People live in small "one horse" towns. Using the fragments of our civilization to build a new one.
Not a lot of construction going on. Most people live in old prewar houses – there’s lots of them still standing; most are empty, but a few have the faint flicker of candles inside. People speak with nostalgia about “before the war”
An old man says “it seems like a dream now, but there were towering cities full of lights, like a Christmas tree. And cars, there were millions of them. The supermarket was full of food,” He starts to cry.
Some people might wonder how things work. It is like the wild frontier wild west, but without the sheriff – no law. No lawyers or doctors either. People focus on the essential, not the trivial.
What made me sad was that there were no sports or music. People focus on finding food. There is little time for entertainment. It is a long hard struggle to survive.
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