FUTURISTIC WORLD
Suffice to say, its set in the future, Earth is over-crowded, and there’s no room to move. Maybe the cities on the planet have grown so much that they’ve merged into one big, planet-sized, city.
With the ever hiking population crisis that we (the world) are facing, growth as a city, in terms of infrastructure and services becomes very critical.
The revolution has started already. Overcrowding of cities has forced the planners to look beneath the land. For instance, the New Amsterdam city that’s going to be constructed beneath the existing one. One whole city under the ground!! [How low can it get?]
The area crisis is coercing the planners to dig deeper and also, escalate vertically and beyond. I’m sure in future, technology will reach to such an opti-
mum that we would erect something floating in the air too! Unbelievable Science, you see!
Our existing skyline would look nothing less than an artistic mockery of national integration! People would be commuting comfortably from crown to crown; monorails would pass right through the front of your 75th floor exotica! Cities would be congested and grossly suffocating to dwell. And now that people have started digging the ground, in no time will we be residing above and under water as well.
Bridges will branch into new roadways and make way for a new city above water. On the other hand, new companies, hotels, universities, etc will be built underwater. And so would villas of
famous personalities, coz they either live on hills a.k.a top of the world [in future may be literally!] or now, underwater. It would undoubtedly add to their glam-quotient.Overseas trade won’t exist. Ships, docks, harbors all erratic. Fisheries would face the heat too. People will be fishing sitting at their homes, from their lovely balconies admiring a beautiful city floating above water! What an exhilarating view! [The closest you can reach to nature, how cool is that?!]
Monkeys will prefer swimming and so would cats, dogs and elephants. Wildlife won’t subsist. Considering the situations, by then we’ll all learn how to live together! Marine life?... well, if people have fish tanks in their houses, there’s a chance. The man with a golden heart would have a soft corner for sharks and whales. Birds, one specie that can do what they have been doing. They would be awarded brand new homes –the concrete jungles.
Politics! Oh my God, politics. It would be as complicated and insensitive as the city’s layout!!
Terrorism will be considered a boon. A superlative device for population control.
Aquariums would be replaced by artificial jungles [who’d need aquariums anyways.. mere waste of space!] with precisely 10 trees and the walls with scenic illusionary paintings. Pay 10,000/- and get 10 minutes of fresh air!! Brreeaaatthheee
It says: "In memory of man 2000000 BC - AD 2030
He who once dominated the earth destroyed it - with his wastes , his poison andd his own numbers."
Peace \/
Amen.
Comments
Well, from what I made of it, the future is inevitable. What can we do to change this? Maybe a few handful thousands of us may come forward but then what? Bureaucracy is at its historical best at this point. What do we do about that?
If people really cared, they would have started taking measures right from now. What measures are we taking towards a safe and secure future for the generations to come? How many of us prevent small things like pollution and dirt, let alone the population crisis?!
This is just one aspect you have brought up here, but I think this is a very very huge problem to come forth in a matter of few decades.
About the post. It is well written! Maybe a mockery is what the people need to realize that the red alert is already beginning! The summers are getting hotter and the winters are getting warmer!
SOS!
Sniff sniff! my first visit and i'm feeling glum.
:)
Nah! you've got a point though, a very creative one at that.
Cheers!
Wazzaaaa! \m/
I like all of 'em too.
"Totally awesome dude" (Dude Crush-finding nemo)
Actually, the approach several heads of state are taking to population explosion is quite different.
The impetus upon scientists to find means of existence on other planets is huge. Millions of dollars are being put into finding a suitable landmass outside of earth where the earth's environment can be simulated. That is why the the scientific community goes ga-ga whenever sources of water are found on other planets- as water remains the foundation stone to any future inhabitation.
the rate at which the boom is curbed is not as much... it scares me as a budding architect to even think of coming down to measures that will have to compensate with nature!@ dphatseztotally dooode
thanks :)
keep visiting!!
cheers
a few days back in MUmbai mirror .. there was this article 'how green are you' or something.. it was just a test no see how eco friendly you are.. n i am ashamed to say i scored sadly low.. [not that low but still it dint make me proud at all!]..
this write up is more like a frustration relief thing..
thanks anyways!
M hoping for that too! :)@surreptitious this different approach is not what we need..here the problem is giving you a bear hug and you are running away from it!!
could have put it in a better way but.. :|
:D :|
Very well maintained.
cheers!
we need to fin dsome ways to correct our erratic behaviour very quickly.. coz as they say.. 'Earth is the only place we have...'... or else the pic u hv put up in th end of ur post.. it doesnt seem like a too distinct possibility...
lovd th humour... sarcasm.. n wit.. combined with th concern... :) ...
I hope we never have to look at it this way. *shudder*
A thoughtful post.