Chapters:

A changed world.

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And how do worlds change?  What perpetuates evolution in a species who are on top?  who are superior?  Who are as they should be?  I can offer no simple explanation.

Earth now as it is, is remarkable. The air is clean and crisp. There is no pollution, no homeless, no hungry, only boundless vitality and constant scientific achievement and advancement.  Nothing is for monetary gain anymore.  Money is unnecessary.  We work to advance ourselves, to grow and accomplish.  For the better of humankind.  We are as one.  One goal: move forward, always.  There is no drug abuse, no violence, no opposition towards anything or anyone that exists.  Everyone is happy, everything peaceful, safe, serene, sanitized, sterile..

There are currently 20 billion residents of Earth.

My name is not important.  What I have told you is without arrogance.  This world is one.  It's inhabitants are content.  It's future looks..  Constant.

I have been alive 24 years.  I live in a community with others my age.  We were raised together.  We are family.  We are all one.

All adults work towards their own passions and goals.  All children are placed in collectives to pursue their education from 2 years of age until their 22nd year of life.  Knowledge is what drives us.  A great understanding of all sciences, arts, history, language, sport is imperative and logical in this day of age and insurmountably useful throughout the rest of each of our existences.  There was a time in Earth's history when education was not available for all and scientific and environmental studies and efforts were not paramount.  From history we have learned what helped and what hindered humankind's existence and co-existence on this planet.  Two centuries have passed since humans perpetually burned coal for convenience of living.  It has been just as long since a war was fresh in the memories of people, since someone has perished from starvation, disease, accident or incident.  Since people so vehemently disagreed with one another.

It has been two centuries since a man and a woman naturally conceived a child.

It has been one century since a man has lived on this world.

There is no real thing as speaking under breath.  Secrets are fabled things little girls keep in fairy tales.  Everything known is common knowledge.

The year is 2322.  And I am certain that I just saw a man in the Arboretum.