Thursday, April 14, 2005

Food for Thought

I have believed since long that there is one thing which we possess upon which we have complete authority and no one can steal or take it away from us. It is our imagination - a gift granted to all by "MY FRIEND UP THERE" so that the process of evolution might continue forever on this planet. And I have made it my favourite past time. So when I was having a curious chat with my one of my close buddies about what was in store for the future of the world, we came upon some great ideas. Now the biggest problem MOTHER EARTH has is that of population and storage apart from the diminishing resources. So we found out some curious possible solutions to these serious threats:-
POPULATION
Solution 1: Introduction of a new law banning further childbirths. No more kids means no more new entries to the human community and then we will have a control over the population. If you fail to abide by this law, the father ,the mother and the offspring will be executed.(Demonic Punishment !!!)
Solution 2: Terraforming. Humans will eventually find out a way to colonise the outer planets that would promote life. So that means we will now have transport vehicles plying not only between countries but between planets. If this plan succeeds then the most sought after jobs will be mining and special corps and every individual will be imparted astronomical training.
Solution 3: This does sound impractical but we will start utilising the empty sky above and the ground beneath(underground/underwater) for shelter. Buildings will be constructed in the empty sky(the Jetsons way) and students will start using submarines and personal jetplanes to reach their school!!!

STORAGE
Solution 1:Everything that has become old and outdated will be destroyed. Archiving and Museums will become illegal. Every thing in the world will deal with the present and the future and the things of past will stay only in memories but no real existence.
Solution 2: Hail Terraforming again but with a twist. The outer space will be used not as a residential colony but as a sort of garbage depot. Imageine the moon being a data repository!!!

RESOURCES
Well we couldn't think about it because the seemingly impractical nature of our talk took a toll on us and we felt that it would be better to eat our dinner than analyse this great challenge. Sometimes you start imagining things that seem like fantasy, unreal, virtual... but seldom we understand that these have always been the food for thought, the very fodder of innovation. Well I should conclude here else my friend would say,
" Don't let your imagination run amok ".

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