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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Year 2112

If I froze myself and woke up in the year 2112, then I would be considered a very strange girl. I am already strange and technologically inept. I can imagine that we will have floating cars, cell phones programmed into our brains and there will be no trees. I love the nature but human expansion does not. As the years pass, trees become more, and more scarce. We will have a human made surrounding to prevent the downfalls of nature. Our manufactured surroundings will prevent natural disaster and the growth and spread of bacteria. Nature is a variable that humans cannot control, therefore we seem to be under the impression that it must be eradicated. Currently, we have cars that we can plug into a wall. The cars get smaller and more gas efficient; eventually, we will all fly to our destination. The last thing that I proposed to be developed is cell phones programmed into the human brain. I do not like getting caught texting in class, so there must be a way to send messages through telepathy. The mental cell phones will also not break when we drop them. (: yay late blog

Assignment 22: Right Now

At this very moment, somewhere in the universe...



Minimum of 150 words - due Sunday, April 1 at 11:59 pm

Monday, March 19, 2012

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OH WOW 2112, EVERYTHING MUST BE SO FUTURIS--

Wait. That's only 100 years from now. 3012, now that would be a kicker, but 2112? Predicting we'll all be levitating brains or that we will have recreated The Matrix seems about as foolish as people in 1912 predicting the same ridiculous future for 2012. 100 years barely registers on the 10000-year human historical calendar; heck, I'll probably live 100 years or more according to some demographic predictions I've read.

Actually, I may not even need to be cryogenically frozen to last until 2112. But I'll be a decrepit old fart by that point so I might just want to call it quits after that year. That way on my death bed on January 1st, 2113, I can tell my loving, unsuspecting family "Come closer... Closer... HAH! I lived through 2 palindrome years (2002 and 2112) and YOU didn't!" and then kick the bucket. I love messing with people like that.

Nonetheless, here are some predictions, headline style, which I can't help but hope come true some time between today and 2112:

GENETICISTS DISCOVER TRACE DINOSAUR D.N.A. IN AMBER; JURASSIC PARK NOW POSSIBLE THANKS TO CONTRIBUTION BY BILL GATES JR.

HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL STUDENTS DISCOVER CANCER PANACEA IN TAQUITOS

NEW TOTALLY INTERACTIVE VIDEO GAME REQUIRES CONSTANT MOTION FROM PLAYERS; SKYRIM NOW EQUIVALENT TO P90X

ALL NATIONS SIGN "BORED OF KILLING" PACT AND AGREE TO HENCEFORTH FIGHT WARS WITH FEATHER DUSTERS AND CHEEZ-WHIZ

TOYS R US PROMISES TO EXCHANGE ANY UNWANTED CHRISTMAS GIFT WITH FULLY FUNCTIONAL POTATO CANNON

THIS IS MY FIRST LATE BLOG POST. SPARE ME.

Frozen in Time’s Past: a Plan of Action

If somehow my organs were still able to be revived following their post-freezing condition for nearly a century, I shall proceed with this plan as follows:

1. Chip my way out of any remaining ice in some heroic fashion. (Not like that one guy who drank a 12-pack of beer and urinated his way out of a snow bank).


2. Find Walt Disney who was also supposedly frozen following his death. **This is complete BS**


3. Revive Disney.


4. With him as my sidekick, we would zippidy-doo-da our way though this new terrain.


5. He would then summon every kick-butt character Disney ever created.


6. We would then form an army and wipe out any currently existing form of life.


7. The entire world would be coated in chrome and ice—a cross between the Matrix and hell frozen over.


8. We would eat Turkish delight upon our thrones and I would take Aladdin as my husband. (Bug off, Jasmine).


9. Humans and cartoons would soon breed, and spawn a superior race.


10. The result would be a war-ravaged, ice-stricken Toontown filled with foreign gelatinous desserts.

Sunday, March 18, 2012

The Ship

Day 29

Ate some dried macaroni and cheese that I found in the storage cabinet. My ribs poke through my clothes, and my skin glows in the light of the cold fluorescent bulbs of the lower decks.

It’s eerily quiet here, and I’ve never felt so alone.

I knew they should never have tested the KCEPR, and now there’s hell to pay.

It was supposed to stop human targets in their tracks; by flash-freezing something in place, and cancelling all energy in an object, it would safely “freeze them in time” for enough time to dispose of the victims properly. Let’s just say we still had a lot of fine-tuning to do.

Luckily, I was having lunch in the reinforced kitchen when it happened, and the KCEPR’s effect was reduced to a safe amount that only froze me for a century. The same can’t be said about anyone else – they were gone after the pulse vaporized everything but their bones.

I’ve gotten much of my information from automatically-recorded radio transmissions, and history sure isn’t pretty. Iran and North Korea were somehow implicated in a bombing of the UN buildings around 2016, and the world degenerated into a nuclear war with no clear victor. Needless to say, there wasn’t anyone around to search for the missing “cruise ship” (research vessel) off the coast of Madagascar after the bombs fell. There’s not much after the war, except for some broadcasts from various rising communities that happened to scavenge some satellite radios.

Day 30

It’s been a month since I thawed. I’m stuck on this god-forsaken boat. The only way out is outside of the lockdown, and there’s no way in hell I’m going to release it. Someone – or something – has been trying to open the hatch this entire time. I’m afraid to listen to the radio broadcasts anymore; it seems to be reacting to them in some way, but the sounds are unintelligible if it’s trying to talk.

The sound at the hatch is back again. It’s louder this time. Something is trying to get me.

I have to get out, and the only way out is through the hatch. I’m going to open it. Hopefully this won’t be the last entry.

Day 31

I’m never going to leave this place.

As I made my final preparations to venture out of the lockdown, I saw it.

Looking up, I was blinded by a monstrous visage. Two glowing orbs followed me as I stumbled backward, trying to reach the control panel. They were underscored by a menacing grimace that will haunt me forever.

Those were the last things I saw as I re-activated the lockdown.

It’s going to kill me.

Help me.

*Written in collaboration with Coleton Cuddy

In the year Twenty-One-Twelve

What could possibly happen in between now and 2112? The answer is a lot of things. Most of the things I have in mind are various ways that humanity could be wiped out. Who knows, maybe there will be a huge earthquake thanks to shifting of platonic plates or whatever they're called which will trigger a giant tsunami that destroys everything not destroyed by the earthquake. Perhaps we'll all go up in smoke thanks to global warming. Or maybe we'll just all drown. Maybe we might get hit by a meteor comparable to that which ended the age of dinosaurs, and die a slow death thanks to lack of sunlight. Maybe there will be new airborne diseases that spread quickly enough to kill everyone on the planet, or maybe we'll just have a good old-fashioned nuclear explosion. However, since none of these options really involve people surviving, I'll assume that humanity persists on for another century. What they'll do at that time is just as hard to predict as the winner of the Super Bowl three years from now, but I would wager that technology will have advanced far enough to create possible worldwide communication. Perhaps something like the holographic projectors used in movies could substitute for a person's presence, like if they're ill, for example. This could also cut down on absences, as the people who would otherwise have been unavailable are there, albeit within spirit.

Did someone say apocalypse ?

In 2112 there will be someone still predicting the end of the world. Some crazy guy who predicted something vague and gained infinite credibility. The reality of the matter is in 2112 we will have changed just as we have in the last century. Of course the technology will be better because they are always making strides and every so often there is a major break through like the microwave for example. Or the car. It is crazy to think what break through we might make in the next century. Anti-gravity devices I hope. There will not be an event that scorches the earth or a massive flood. I believe that if this world is to lose its population of humans it would require biological warfare. Something that kills the environment while killing humans at the same time. But if the human race ever becomes extinct it will be by our own sword. Nations who have been bickering for decades snap and elevate their problems to a world wide scale as opposed to a regional scale. In a hundred years I'm not worried about some apocalypse. I'm worried about Nations at War provoking a nuclear world war.

2112 backwards is 2112....

In the year 2112, I think that the world will be filled with amazing new technologies, and healthier and smarter people. 100 years in the future, all of the morbidly obese citizens are going to have died off due to diabetes and everyone else is going to have learned from their disgusting habits. Second, everyone is going to have to be more techsavy to keep up with all the complex technologies, such as transportation that moves at lightning speed. We are going to have talking robots that clean and cook, and do all the work we don't want to do. It will be a world of luxury and near perfection. I think by then we will have also found another planet for people to live on because earth is going to become way too over populated.

Worst Cruise Ever?

An Indian ocean cruise, and a singles cruise at that. Yes sir, this place had it all. I even bought the most expensive room, complete with everything from a private pool to a panic room. The pool was a real kicker, too; it was actually filled with three to five feet of Bahama Mama mix as opposed to actual water. The first three days were great. I mean, being 350 pounds and smelling like chlorinated fruity beverage kind of turned every single on the singles cruise off of me, but that didn't stop me from having a good time. That is, until I was relieving myself in the reinforced panic room's luxury toilet, and the thing happened.

The thing wasn't like most bathroom inconveniences, which can usually be solved through a simple call to room service or second flush. In fact, I'm still not sure what it was. It was like going under sedatives during surgery, everything went black and cold, and then I slowly returned with no memory of going out. It was an odd experience, and while I'm not one for sci-fi, I think I was frozen.

The hardest part of being "unfrozen" assuming being frozen is what happened, is that I had no clue what time it was. The ship was beached less-than-gracefully against a rocky shore, and the sun beat down on the worn metal and paint of the deck. The glory that was my mixed drink pool was now a slightly sticky emptiness, void of fruity beverage. The strangest part were the bodies. That was how I knew that this wasn't a week ago or even a year ago that everything went under. They weren't gross or smelly or anything. They were neatly laid out skeletons, bleached a golden white by the intense equator sun. They'd have tote bags with Mickey Mouse and Hello Kitty on them, but barely recognizable after being tried by the elements. I even found a functional Disney themed light where Mickey's big stupid eyes light up and make a dark room bright enough to rummage through.

After days of effectively ravaging every non-perishable from my suite's quarters, I finally got down to the real exploring. I could never go deep or far from windows since power was needless to say something lost with the time, but with the help of my trusty Mickey-light I did find one interesting site-it was the only source of noise on the whole ship in fact. When I was quiet, I could hear the faintest creaking that resembled a human footstep here and there, and the clinging and clanging of something alive moving around. It wasn't an animal, and judging by how everyone else on board fared, it wasn't a person either. Or at least, that's what I thought.
Day after day, I'd revisit the site and tug or knock on the door. Sometimes we'd even have conversations, although whatever's down there isn't too talkitive. I didn't know what I was trying to accomplish. Maybe I just liked annoying my mystery room mate, since it was always a field I excelled in anyway. Maybe I just wanted to feel like I was progressing towards something. At any rate, I slowly grew slimmer and tanner as months went by, and the hatch always kept my attention.

One day, I heard the faintest tinkering against the other side of the door. It was almost as if whatever was down there finally wanted to get out. I could hear the shattering of caked on rust and sand from inside the door mechanism, and finally it gave way. I looked down into nothing but darkness, with the occasional glint of an old can staring back at me. My eyes darted around the abyss, attempting to meet my mysterious room mate, but as I shined the novelty light around all I could see was eaten food and old books. Finally, I saw him. It was a man, older than me but not by much. His skin was as pale as the less lively ex-passengers upstairs, and his eyes were hidden behind the cold reflection of his glasses. Suddenly, the hatch closed back, and a hard metal sound raked the bottom of the door as a large latch sealed him back into his bunker.

I tried to write down things I remember about him, but the list is short. So far, it just reads "Like a sickly, pale version of that guy who killed Chuck Norris in 'Eye of the Dragon', but less cool and with glasses. I never could remember that guy's name."

-Made in collaboration with Christopher Chow

the future is...i don't know

I honestly don't even want to think about the year 2112..that's so far away. However, I have some thoughts on what it might be like. We will be able to communicate through though transmission or some sort of telepathy. Our minds may develop some crazy ability to talk to people with our minds...wooo crazy. I think that the genetic engineering thing will continue and then incredibly intelligent and immortal humans will be some what "created." We will have the first man on Venus, Titan, Pluto, Encelados, Europa and whatever places there are out there. Then, smart houses. There is a master control robot in your house, you program it to take your child to bed, so it shuts down the computer, tv, video games, serves him diner , changes his cloths and sends him to his room. Another thing, your refrigerator will have a screen that tells you what can it serve for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. you choose what you want. Guys, you can only imagine the tv's and entertainment systems for the games...I'm winning our 2112 NCAA Tournament bracket pool

If we make it that far...

In 100 years, the world will probably be more advanced with better technology, but I don’t know if it will be a better place. Life expectancy rates will surely skyrocket with improved medical knowledge and there will probably be cars that run on water or solar power, but the Earth will always have its problems. It will not be a Utopian society. Honestly, I expect it to be just like today but with cool new gadgets. However, the creators of Wall-E might not have been far off from their depiction of the future. Obesity rates will probably continue to increase and the Earth will be so polluted that humans will no longer be able to live there. While this might not happen in the next 100 years, it could easily happen in a few hundred years. I hope I am alive in 100 years and that the Earth is still beautiful and not completely filled with pollution. While living until then may not be realistic, it would not be completely out of the question compared to 100 years ago. I hope the world is a better place by 2112, but I seriously doubt it will be.

What if...?

Brrrr....

Boy, being frozen in a block of ice sure chills you, doesn't it? I think. If only I hadn't pushed that red button....

I decide to step outside. Perhaps Doctor Heffendoodle will be able to explain this, I think. I stumble into Doctor Heffendoodle's office....but there is no more office. It was gone, leaving a panoramic view of Lexington.

But outside was not the beautiful, bustling Lexington that I remembered. Rather, the cars, the quaint little shops, and the gorgeous, monumental skyscrapers were replaced with filthy dirt paths, boarded-up shops, and parades of gaunt beggars.

I saw no one that I recognized. This can't be, I said to myself. Where is Lexington?!

Suddenly, another figure came out of the ice chambers, but they weren't shivering. On the contrary, they were wearing a lab coat and carrying a clipboard. They were, however, not any better than those on the streets.

Where am I? I asked in a panic. This doesn't look like the Lexington I remember!

The figure said, in a soft voice:

"That's because it isn't. We suffered waiting for someone to get us out of the economic crisis, but no one fixed the problem. The whole country is in ruin."

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I wake up on March 19th, 2112, next to my wife.

Rolling over, I turn on the light and turn to my wife.

"Honey, I had the weirdest dream."

"Oh really? What was it?" she answered, groggily and almost uninterested.

"Well, I was frozen for a hundred years and when I went outside, all of Lexington was in ruin."

My wife turned over, her eyes half opened.

"You dreamed that crazy dream again? Life is great! We can live to be over a hundred, we have found the cure to all diseases, and crime has been abolished."

"I know, I know."

And then she said this, which made my dream go away: "It sure is a good thing that people our age made a difference when we were young so that we could reap the fruits when we are old."

"Good night", she said. And it was.

2112

in the future, do to the poor planning we have shown thus far with our population and environmental management, I would like to think that, however sad it would be at first, that we would be subject again to natural selection from overcrowding and those who cannot survive and suport themselves would be removed from the genepool and we would be able to learn from our mistakes and move on to a better future. Unfortunately, I know that will not the case. We will continue striving to save everyone from things they were not meant to be, or in a lot of cases, not able to be saved from, ruining our economy and worsening overpopulation. Our population is getting less healthy and less intellegent, and that is in a large part due to our lack of natural selection. Perhaps we will expand to other planets, but what happens when this problem worsens in 1000 years and we have filled 7 planets with people who have I.Q.s too low to write their own names? Time will tell.

a century later..

The world is going to be a better place. Based on what happened in human history before, social and political aspects of life would probably be stable and friendly. I believe that technology will help us with whatever troubles we face and that there will always be a way for people to adapt. Although some see a grim future with overpopulation, environment destruction, food shortages, I see a place where society will be radically different and something I definitely won't be used to if I'm frozen for a whole century. Energy consumption will probably be a whole different ball game and human efficiency will most likely multiply an enormous amount. Globalization will probably occur; those who choose to remain secluded, resistant to change will be wiped out in natural selection. Hopefully space will offer valuable resources. If humans don't find ways to change now, then we will be the subject of natural selection and some other element of nature may take over us. But we are adapting, so I see a bright future ahead.

100 years from now

What will the world be like 100 years into the future you ask? Well first of all, the major question is, will we even still be here? In my opinion we will be, and we'll be going strong. I'd like to think that our nation will surpass all others in technological advancements and innovation in general. Finally we'll give China, Japan and alike a run for their money. Who knows, we could even have flying cars by then. Improbable, but not impossible! Maybe a complex underground highway system will be developed instead. I think America's space program in 2112 will really be the thing that changes though. Private trips into space will be the norm, people might live on the Moon or Mars, and there could even be a possible discovery of some sort of intelligent life form deep into the galaxy or the uncovering of rare alien microorganisms. Maybe we'll even put man on a new planet. Or we could run into major societal obstacles like nuclear wars and biological warfare. We just really can't tell! But whatever happens, hopefully we'll be prepared. Or dead by then...yikes, guess we'll never know.

2112

Assuming the aliens haven't already taken over by then, suddenly finding yourself in the year 2112 would be a jarring experience similar to being born back into babyhood (with the exception that you can speak really antiquated English and have a vague background in decades old etiquette). In all likely hood, you would be taken up for study and probed with various unrecognizable instruments to determine your health. You'd probably get some sort of media attention (assuming the media is still a thing at this point) and be promptly hooked up to whatever bio-medical junk they can throw at you and inoculated for modern diseases. After a quick rundown of modern society, you'd probably be thrown into the masses or sent off to moon-base or something like that. It would literally take years to figure out how life worked and how to use new technology, but being a tech-savvy teenager has taught you how to adapt to new interfaces. eventually, you hook up to the brain-computer interface to connect your brain to the internet. What an experience that is. full access to all of human knowledge, ripe for contribution and consumption. One day, while surfing the neuralweb, you come across a bit of old music and remember all the good times you had in the 20th and 21st century.

2112: A Space Whimsy

Waking up in the year 2112 would probably suck. God knows what the world would be like; entire civilizations could be gone, humanity returned to the dark ages. In my opinion, several things are certain to occur. We will have developed a way to make other planets inhabitable by means of oxygen domes. With this, we will also have the ability to play zero-gravity sports, such as those found in Ender’s Game. Also, given the fact that I will be on the road with Rush (for some reason) at the time of my freezing, they will come along with me to the year 2112 where they will be hailed as the great prophets of the future while I will collect a portion of royalties of their riches seeing as I was the one who brought them there. From there, we will live out the rest of our lives in a celestial palace with everything we could ever want, while the rest of you reading this blog will be dead.

I've Been to the Year 2112

I've been to the year 2112 not much has changed but they live underwater and my great - great - great granddaughter is doing fine. There were boy bands and another one and another and another one. Girls with curled hair like star wes float above the floor. But when I went to the year 2112 not much has changed but we lived underwater and my great great great grand daughter, is doing fine. When I took a trip to the year 2112 my favorite song had gone multi-platinum, everyone bought their seventh album and it had out sold Kelly Clarkson.
- adapted from the Jonas Brother's song 3000


But really. In the year 2112 I believe that the way on which we li e.will not change very much, but how we live will. We may live in different looking houses and the education system may be different, but kids will still go to school and families will still live together. Also, people will probably use different technologies and ways of transportation.cars that drive themselves will be popular and to prevent motor vehicle accents and rid society of traffic issues and other driving related problems. I believe those would be the biggest issues that would change in our society.

Frozen

Apparently, I have just been unfrozen. The world I step into is bleak. No trees exist no humans appear in sight. I walk for a little and notice that my feet sink into what appears to be ash. After walking for a little, I see what appears to be a city. The city rises over the surrounding black landscape. When I reach the city gates, they stand forty feet tall and are apart of a massive wall that surrounds the perimeter of the city. Thankfully, it opens and I walk into a city of bustling people and flying cars. Markets line the streets and people meander through the many houses white houses. I approach a shop and look at a map of the United States. No boundaries exist. Only five cities are located on the entire map. Detroit, San Francisco, New York, Chicago and Atlanta are the only cities left. The rest of the map appears black and gray, as if there was nothing there. After asking a man who spoke some variation on the English language, I learn that much of the United States now wastes away. A series of bombings and fires rendered much of American useless. The only pockets of humanity that exist are located in the five cities.

dooom

So in the next century, I predict that we will have probably already screwed ourselves over, but some sources say that the human race has about 9000 years left before it really does screw itself over.

We will probably have more polluted areas, smog would cover everything, and we would be expanding and advancing technology, while there are those who are trying to combat the environmental destruction. it'll just be a more advanced time of warfare and chaos. However, I could be wrong. The advances in technology are becoming more and more aware of environmental impacts, so we may have a greener planet, like it used to be before homo sapiens poisoned it.

Perhaps our future will be similar to how South Park depicts it; we'll all become united as one race and speak some strange clicky language and eventually have so few jobs available we'd need to invade the past. However, I just think we shouldn't think about the future too much, and enjoy the time we have left here before our country is destroyed.

2112

By now, I might guess there will have been a third World War. This war probably was either over natural resources, or crazy terrorists and tyrrants of multiple countries trying to take over the war. There was probably some nuclear destruction. It is hard to say how the world will turn out because it could either go the way you want, or go the way that it is now. WALL-E is definitely a good portrayl of the future if we continue down the same road. All natural life will be gone because we have been destroying and using up all our natural resources without replenishing or conserving them. We have been producing so much nonbiodegradable and nonrecyclable waste that it could take up most of the space on the planet. We have been creating technology that replaces our need for movement and thinking; it could be as extreme as beds that hover around so that we don't have to walk. Already nearly a third of America's population is overweight, and the numbers are not decreasing. On the other hand, there have been plenty of efforts to prevent these disasters. Environmental groups have reforested many areas of the world and have pushed for new energy sources which have been at least created. Some schools have made changes on lunch menus for healthier options for kids. TV shows even emphasize the importance of staying healthier by eating good, fresh foods and making time to exercise on a regular basis.

Hopefully, by 2112, the world will have taken steps forward and not back. Perhaps the world will be more tolerant of other races and religions; gay marriage might be legalized in the US; we drive electric cars; we eat locally; we can teleport. Maybe not the last one, but we are the ones who can determine the outcome of the future. So who knows what will happen? We do. We will be the change.

Flying Cars and Cancer

There are flying cars, a new Confederacy (SOUTH WILL RISE AGIN), drugs, cancer, crazy mind reading televisions that allow you to participate in the shows virtually, alternate realities that have evolved from video games, and no interpersonal interactions. The nuclear family has degraded into four people who now longer know each other, and knowledge is something gained from taking a pill. It's like real-life Limitless except that you don't die and there are no side effects. It's possible to live until you're 150 due to growing artificial organs instead of depending on donors, and true love no longer exists. The Notebook is simply an ancient history from a time long ago and people view the early 2000's as the "Good Ole Times."

2112

I guess this post is assuming that we all wake up on December 22, 2012, and the world has not turned into an inhabitable land. So if we go with that then the human race will be the same, just new toys. Our faults as humans are not going to go away and wars will still happen. However I do think that we will do some things right and somewhere along the way, some inquisitive mind came up with a way to use water as a replacement for gas. However it will have been too late for the animals as we have already wiped the majority of them out with our old habits. But we will be working to get them back. Also I think that at that point the world has gone through atleast one nuclear war and nations have needed to completely rebuild. The United states would have to start from new and replace all the destruction that was brought upon us. Whether invoked or not.

The Inevitable Slippery Slope

The future faces an apocalypse, a nuclear fallout. Almost all forms of life have ceased to exist. This tragic chain of events started back in 2015. George Bush grew increasingly bitter and resentful towards the American public after the re-election of Obama.

He persuaded Texas, along with the ten other Southern states, to secede from the nation and reform the Confederacy, thus starting the second Civil War. This new American war resulted in concentrated nuclear strikes along the eastern coast.

Meanwhile, Kim Jong-Un, though lacking the experience of Kim Jong-Il, surpassed his father by scoring a 12-in-one, on his first attempt at golf too, spreading a wave of panic throughout the American golfing community.

Newt Gingrich, taking advantage of the new fear and chaos, wins the election of 2016. In order to fight Bush's new Confederacy, Gingrich proceeds with his moon base and installs there a weapon of mass destruction, attracting the attention of an alien race.

But in a surprise twist, George Bush had been a ghost all along.

From the mind of M. Night Shyamalan...

But on a more serious note, I have absolutely no idea what the future is going to be like.

2112

If I somehow froze myself for 100 years, I would hope to wake up to a world that is a lot like Star Trek or Star Wars. Why you might ask, well my answer is quite simple; besides all of the fighting those worlds are completely amazing, if you can find someone who doesn't want to be able to teleport, shoot lasers, and fly at insane speeds in space then you have found a crazy person because that stuff is awesome. In 2112 humans should have found out if there is life on other planets and hopefully has destroyed them all due to the intolerable nature of humanity, which in the end would be a good course of action most likely. Most of all I hope that in 2112 that school no longer exists, because they have found a way to upload everything people need automatically; with that being said, people with higher intelligence do go to college and go through a better form of school so that society can advance.

De-evolution

The future is not at all what we imagine it is like. instead of evolving, like many people think, we actually devolved into a lesser species of homo sapiens. all of the video games, and electronics that have made the minds of all the human on earth dulled. luckily the moon colony, created by Newt Gingrich of course, is still as smart as ever. they are the sole survivors of our race that we once knew today. back on earth though the homo sapien dullards have not only become slow, but fat also. all of the diseases in the world have been cured so no one ever dies from old age or disease, the one drawback to this is that the elders of the world are now so large they must be rolled everywhere.
it is a confusing time and place, there is no apparent leader except for the computer that has input on the going ons of the world, the people are to lazy to do it themselves. i would not like to live here, and thus would wish to remain inside of my own time frame.