> "If the law is changed, this will be a game-changer for UK retailers and other licensed premises, who can use our technology to improve compliance rates and enhance the customer experience."
George Bass: A 1993 dystopian novel imagined the world in 2024. It’s eerily accurate. Octavia Butler’s ‘Parable of the Sower’ predicted devastating climate change, inequality, space travel and ‘Make America great again’
"The effects of climate change are reshaping America. Those with sufficient resources retreat inside protected communities. Those with even greater resources finance an exploratory Mars mission, presumably in an attempt to one day escape Earth’s destabilization.
In the political realm, a populist presidential candidate denounces claims made by scientists, promising the electorate that he’s going to “return us to the glory, wealth, and order of the twentieth century.”
Wow !
I watched that amazing movie back in 1984... and now, 40 years later... I watch it again to remind what the futurist soldier said to Sarah Connor about the disaster to come in 40 years... it's now 2024 !!! Yikes !
"But how would he pay the guards once even his crypto was worthless? What would stop the guards from eventually choosing their own leader?
The billionaires considered using special combination locks on the food supply that only they knew. Or making guards wear disciplinary collars of some kind in return for their survival. Or building robots to serve as guards & workers – if that technology could be developed “in time”."
The Bell Riots were a pivotal series of events on Earth that took place in September of 2024. Started in San Francisco's Sanctuary District A, they were named after protest leader Gabriel Bell. One of the most violent civil disturbances in all of American history, the riots and subsequent crackdown resulted in the deaths of...
The mind fuck of watching #cnnnye coverage and seeing the illuminated billboards advertising treatment for #covid19 during what will likely be a super spreader event during the second biggest surge in the last 4 years... #dystopian#dystopia#despondentindystopia#newyearseve
For those taking part, the Bell Riots will be starting in September (memory-alpha.fandom.com)
The Bell Riots were a pivotal series of events on Earth that took place in September of 2024. Started in San Francisco's Sanctuary District A, they were named after protest leader Gabriel Bell. One of the most violent civil disturbances in all of American history, the riots and subsequent crackdown resulted in the deaths of...