My Utopia – Part II

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I sit at my computer, powered by the solar panels on the roof. In my inbox, only three new messages. Oh joy.

I go out in search of lunch. A few blocks away, a farmers market sells produce grown in fields, greenhouses, on vertical walls, and in water. I recognize some neighbors. No one is looking at their phone. 

I don’t have to rush in this steady-state economy. No need to constantly perform to feed the capitalist machine. Time has become elastic and wealth supports communities instead of crushing them.

I think: Huh, this is what happiness feels like.

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