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As a child, I often visited one of my favourite aunts. My mother’s sister lived in Tehran (the capital of Iran), and I spent summer vacations there. Traveling there and hanging out with my cousin (my best friend) was one of the highlights of my life.

We were woken up by music every morning. My uncle woke us up with harmonious melodies. I knew nothing about the therapeutic dimension of music at the time, but I really liked how I was called back to the waking dimension. It was also my uncle who taught me to swim. He also introduced me to the French writer Jules Verne and his book “Around the World in 80 Days.“

In 1872, when the book was published, traveling around the world in 80 days was pure fantasy. Today, 151 years later, only our personal economy thwarts such an adventure. What was once regarded as fantasy is now our reality. 

Would those who lived in the 19th century believe that one day people could send mail to each other with the touch of a key and the person on the other end would receive the mail within seconds? Had they heard of it in ancient times, they would have just put it in the box, crazy dreams, but here we are today, and who knows where humanity will be in 151 years.

I can remember how my intellectual uncle used to talk about the future. “In the future, we will have smart roads. Maybe even roads that move while we sit still. “

It was always cool to listen to his visions of the future, and recently I read that China is and is working on developing smart roads. Nowadays, change is all around, and everything, including development, is moving faster and faster.

Travelling forward in time

I prefer to focus on traveling forward in time rather than looking back. I do that with the children at school. I ask them:

• What do you think they will read about us living now in the future?
• What do you think the future generations will remember us for?
• How will they refer to this era of human history, i.e. the period we live in now?
• What if everything we have created gets lost in digital warfare now that we depend on technology? If all our written history ends up on a digital platform, and could get lost in a digital war.

I would also like to hear your thoughts around my questions. By the way, read Me and Mr Google on Wise and Shine. That post gives a small taste of losing everything locked in on a server. You can read it here and if the content of my blog inspires you, please like, share and subscribe.

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