2040:Future

My alarm starts buzzing, it must be time to get up for class. As i roll out of bed my tv turns on automatically with the weather forcast for the day. It looks like it will be a lovely sunny day, so I went to my closet and decided to wear shorts and my favorite tank top. The new style had just came out, it was a shirt that changed colors with your mood, just like a mood ring would.

I walked into the kitchen and there was no longer a variety of cooking appliances, those were replaced several years ago. Now I only had one microwave like appliance, but instead of heating up whatever you had in your pantry, you would punch in whatever you felt like eating for the day. Within moments a fresh cooked and healthy meal would teleport into the microwave like box and it was ready to eat. This morning I chose a delicious omelet.

Once I was ready for class I teleported to my classroom and sat down for my lecture. After class a group of my friends and I teleported back to my house we sat around and talked while watching one of our favorite bands hollographic concerts right in my living room. After grubbing out on some lunch we all hopped into my car to go to the beach, it was too nice of a day to just teleport there.

Cars are pretty cool these days, they have no wheels and hover above the ground. While there were still some old cars that drove on the roads, the majority of people had hovercars. It makes traveling time much faster because we can just head straight towards our destination and not take the winding roads. Oh, and accidents... they don't happen. The new cars have sensors around them that stop when another object comes too close. It is pretty convenient.

After a long day I came home and my room and I discussed my plans for tomorrow as I got ready for bed. He helps remind me of homework assignments, appointments, and plans I have made for the week. As I got into bed I told my alarm what time I wanted to get up in the morning and I fell right asleep.

Rethinking Virtual Communities

Written by Howard Rheingold, the article "Rethinking Virtual Communities" talks about computer technology, internet, and its social communities. He shared information on several different online website communities and the difference they make in individuals lives. In addition, Rheingold gave several different articles from different online communities sharing the discussions, questions, and ideas they had to solve issues throughout America. I picked the discussion question four to talk about today. In his conclusion, Rheingold spoke of the hope he had for strong internet virtual communities. By working together and using the tools that the internet provides we may have the capacity to change our futures. But if we fail to work together, work to try to change the way tools are used online, and respect people we will never make a difference in reviving democracy. We must have our minds set on what we want, learn as much as we can about it, and pursue our goals to make our communities, online and offline, a better place.