A crash course in changing the world.
The year is 2086. Much has happened in the past years. The earth is now on average 3 °C hotter then it 2011, leading to melting glaciers and rising sea levels. Oil has become almost unaffordable for most, which resulted in fast adoptment of electric cars. Still, with the weather getting more extreme every year, people choose to stay at home anyway.
Instead leaving home to meet friends, people now rely on their social networking sites to stay in touch. Instead of going out together, they go and explore virtual worlds. While this saves alot of fuel and energy for transportation, most people have lost the appreciation not only for face-to-face communication but also for the beaty of nature.
Why leave home when you can meet her online?
I am now 100 years old, and for all the advances in medicine, I know I don't have much longer on this planet. Before I leave, I want to pass on my knowledge of the old days: " For all our technological marvels and scientific advancements, we are still human. We need to be a community, to help each other, to be close to real people that we can talk to, touch and smell. No virtual avatar can replace this. We need to always remember that everything we do affects the planet we live on, and we need to take care to preserve it for the future generations. We only have one earth."
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