Looking Forward by Looking Forward

Author:Looking Forward
Language: eng
Format: azw3, pdf
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

On the wall in the conference room, a large portrait appears. Below the frame Scott reads the words of

the scientist that founded this laboratory in 2014:

Our society is patterned for individuals. Al social structures and physical arrangements are

designed to meet the needs of individuals and accommodate almost any diversity. We do not feel

that children should do anything other than what they select themselves. "Life, Liberty, and the

Pursuit of Happiness" applies equally to children.

The tour of the cybernated nurseries is almost over. Scott is impressed by the changes that have

occurred in the nurseries since he was a child. "Learning is a lifetime process that starts at the time the supplementary brain is implanted in the growing nervous system of the embryo," his co-worker points out.

"Education is only stopped by death. There is no graduation or diploma that artificially chops up the

learning process.

"The only thing comparable to graduation usually occurs when a child is about five years old. When the

child's interaction with Corcen shows that he can safely be permitted to leave the nursery area, he is

welcomed as a full member of society. He is then entitled to his own apartment. He begins to make his

own choices of what he wants to do and where he wants to live."

"Youngsters are amazing," agrees Scott. "There are eight-year-old girls that travel to the moon and live there several years. I knew a seven-year-old boy who was invited to join the crew of a space ship."

"Children, however," Scott's associate continues, "are not motivated to develop into adult roles at any particular age. When it happens, it happens. No one is watching them. No one measures them. No one

compares them. No one is worried if they lag. No one pushes them to "get ahead." Each individual feels completely free of all pressures to do anything." He flashes a knowing smile, "And, you see, this makes them want to do everything!"

11.A Visit to Corcen

While Scott is in India, Hel a remains at the underwater apartment in the Exumas. There is so much to

explore, both inside her brain and outside. Her supplementary brain has been programmed by Corcen

with a Ph.D. level of information on oceanography and marine science. Her life has been so busy in other

areas that she has never used this information except in a peripheral way. She is swept up in the

fascinating correlation between the facts and theories that were quietly stored in her brain and the marine world around her. She asks Corcen to send her data to bring her up to date. By using her own inner

resources and through discussions with others who have backgrounds in depth in this area, Hella spends

the better part of a year in one of the keenest of human pleasures—the intellectual experience of

integrating the world outside the brain with the information and knowledge inside. By color teleprojection,

Scott and Hella mutually share their experiences and feelings—often hourly when something exciting is

happening.

It has been many decades since Hel a has visited Corcen and the North American Cybernated Industrial

Complex. When she was five years old, she visited these centers that play a primary role in providing a

good life.

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