Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Controlling the Future
Planning For Individuals and Couples
-So I'm to have control of nothing, is it?
-Your little habit of exaggerating.
-Well that's what it sounds like.
-Pretty much your life is put on a grid, and we take it
from there.
-All my romances and disappointments...and even
appointments?
-That last is something we can get a grip on.
Everything with the doctor, dentist etc is handled
by us. A hover scooter will show up at your door
and you'll go.
-The horse knows the way?
-Why bring horses into it?–your profile, though, points
to bizarre comparisons.
-Got me to a T. So I'm not to know when I'm going to Doc.
It shows up and...
-Precisely.
-What if I'm dirty from the garden?
-Totally unnecessary labor, but allowed. But, let's not be
silly. The scooter will program itself to go elsewhere to
fetch somebody else, and another one come when you've
showered.
-I'm never to make, and hafta remember, another
appointment?
-Most love that we take care of it!
-How about the romance department? Do you
take care of that too?
-Most emphatically! You're to...according to my tablet...
take a walk through The Botanical Gardens with Stella.
Then tea in the Indonesian House there.
-Stella huh? Do I get anything on her beforehand,
a picture?
-Not a thing, but, believe me! you've lucked
out with her. Her point total is astronomical.
-How about mine?
-Not bad. Little quiddities detract somewhat.
-Which will eventually discourage her? Then the
fresh start after licking the wounds. Know that
routine well.
-Your pessimism is one of the quiddities. You marry
her, according to the grid.
-Won’t I have a choice in...?
-You shouldn't bother. It's all optimized for you.
Couldn’t possibly be better!
-So a guy from the government saying they got my
interests at heart. Uh huh?
-Old-fashioned phrasing, but the gist.
-And my golf?
-We’ve decided you’re to play twice a week. Once
is proving inadequate for any acceptable performance.
-I’m not against it, but one wears special clothing, and
brings along clubs.
-You can dress in the enclosed scooter, and a robot will
be waiting for it with your clubs. Accompany you as caddy.
-That should make for some elevated conversation.
-You’d be surprised.
-So, in this new life you do what you're told, thus hafta to
think just about zero?
-Delightfully so, but folks still find some elbow room–-
though I shouldn’t tell you.
-Such as my programing the hoverscooter to go to some
secret place for ole Stell and me?
-You're already thinking! Believe it or not, the leaders
encourage it.
-Within bounds.
-Naturally.
Labels: future, future daily life, future marriage, future thinking, golf
