Manna: Two Visions of Humanity's Future by Brain Marshall

Author:Brain, Marshall [Brain, Marshall]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, azw3
Publisher: BYG Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2012-03-04T17:00:00+00:00

- Everyone is equal

- Everything is reused

- Nothing is anonymous

- Nothing is owned

- Tell the truth

- Do no harm

- Obey the rules

- Live your life

- Better and better

"That's it?" I asked. "You must be kidding."

"That's it. You will be surprised how all-encompassing those 27 words can be." Linda said. "That's what the orientation will help you with."

"Can I ask two questions?" I asked.

"Surely."

"How can I do anything besides living my life?"

"Well, you are living your life now..." Linda said, "and personally I have to tell you that it leaves a lot to be desired! Those three words are very important. Live Your Life means that you are able get the most out of your life, as opposed to the least. Instead of dying in Terrafoam, or dying in some job that you hate, you live your life in the Australia Project in freedom and prosperity. Live Your Life means that you are in control -- again, the emphasis on freedom of choice. You decide what you want to do, and then you are able to do it. You reach your full potential. Live Your Life is the idea of thinking about your life as a whole, as something that you get to design and control. Does that make sense?"

"More sense than you can imagine."

"What is your other question?" she asked.

"Better and better?"

Linda replied, "That is a declaration of innovation. The goal is to make things continuously better and better for everyone in the Australia Project through constant innovation. We are constantly looking for problems, identifying them and solving them. We are constantly looking for and implementing new ideas. Things get better and better every day. Terrafoam is, by contrast, 'Worse and worse.'"

"Sign me up!" I said.

She handed me a marker from her pocket and I signed the LC. "Now press your thumb on the square to authenticate it," She said. A black thumbprint appeared in the box when I lifted my finger.

"Congratulations!" They both said in unison.

"Can I go get Burt?"

"Yes. If you don't mind, you can sit with us as we explain 4GC to him, and then we will leave."

I found Burt in Mike's room, brought him down, and in 20 minutes he had signed on as well. He was as incredulous as I was. We went down the elevator and as we walked through the first floor of the building, Linda spoke to the robot that approached her. Burt and I put on headsets and signed out of the Terrafoam system with her. We walked about a quarter mile to a waiting bus.

When we got on, the bus was nearly full. It was easy to tell who was who. Every terrafoam resident was wearing a brown coverall like me, while all the escorts were dressed like rainbows. Everyone was looking through the catalogs and talking.

Linda and I sat down on one side. Burt and Cynthia sat down on the other, and the bus pulled away. Like everyone else I was looking through the catalog, reading and asking Linda questions during the whole drive.

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