2040 Essay Contest

Our world is rapidly changing. We are surrounded by complexity, variability and uncertainty. This can be overwhelming, paralyzing, or perhaps exhilarating. No matter which, we need to make time to think about ?what might be?.

Depending on your age, remember a day 5, 10 or even 20 years ago. Where were you back then? What was your daily routine life like? How did you communicate with your friends? How long did a trip to New York take? Did you always carry your phone charger around with you? What would you find in your pocket? Did you read the news every hour?

What about today? What does your routine look like? What is in your pocket? How do you travel? Where do you go? What do you assume you can ¡®normally¡¯ do in your daily life? How likely is this going to change? What if it does?

Describe a day in your life in 2040 using one of the following lenses and send us your text.

1. You have the same age, are in the same place,
   doing the same thing but in 2040.
   
2. You have aged almost 20 years,
   are in a different place doing something different.
   
3. You got lost in the time machine
   and you are a person of your choice in the year 2040.