*The "life" envisioned here is, to put it mildly, not the one that Bezos, Gates, Mike Bloomberg,* *Klaus Schwab, Ted Turner and their peers intend to lead. On the contrary. They'll own everything,* *and live—forever, they expect—in high-tech compounds with elite security. *
*Nor, of course, is it a life that anybody genuinely human, and still capable of thinking, would accept, * *which is why they plan to **kill or alter **all the rest of us—and why we have to stop them. * *MCM* - Global Agenda <https://www.weforum.org/agenda/global> - Fourth Industrial Revolution <https://www.weforum.org/agenda/archive/fourth-industrial-revolution> - Values <https://www.weforum.org/agenda/archive/values> Welcome to 2030. I own nothing, have no privacy, and life has never been better https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/11/shopping-i-can-t-really-remember-what-that-is "Now I can hardly believe that we accepted congestion and traffic jams." Image: REUTERS/Nicky Loh 11 Nov 2016 1. 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Kate Kelland · Reuters 27 Oct 2020 <https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/10/covid-coronavirus-symptoms-health/> These tech giants want to help prepare the world for the future of work Claire Jones 22 Oct 2020 <https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/10/technology-giants-global-reskill-initiatives/> More on the agenda <https://www.weforum.org/agenda/archive> Explore context Fourth Industrial Revolution <https://intelligence.weforum.org/topics/a1Gb0000001RIhBEAW?tab=publications> Explore the latest strategic trends, research and analysis <https://intelligence.weforum.org/topics/a1Gb0000001RIhBEAW?tab=publications> *For more information watch the What If: Privacy Becomes a Luxury Good? session <https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2017/sessions/what-if-privacy-becomes-a-luxury-good-davos-2017> from the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting 2017.* Welcome to the year 2030. Welcome to my city - or should I say, "our city". I don't own anything. I don't own a car. I don't own a house. I don't own any appliances or any clothes. It might seem odd to you, but it makes perfect sense for us in this city. Everything you considered a product, has now become a service. We have access to transportation, accommodation, food and all the things we need in our daily lives. One by one all these things became free, so it ended up not making sense for us to own much. First communication became digitized and free to everyone. Then, when clean energy became free, things started to move quickly. Transportation dropped dramatically in price. It made no sense for us to own cars anymore, because we could call a driverless vehicle or a flying car for longer journeys within minutes. We started transporting ourselves in a much more organized and coordinated way when public transport became easier, quicker and more convenient than the car. Now I can hardly believe that we accepted congestion and traffic jams, not to mention the air pollution from combustion engines. What were we thinking? Sometimes I use my bike when I go to see some of my friends. I enjoy the exercise and the ride. It kind of gets the soul to come along on the journey. Funny how some things seem never seem to lose their excitement: walking, biking, cooking, drawing and growing plants. It makes perfect sense and reminds us of how our culture emerged out of a close relationship with nature. "Environmental problems seem far away" In our city we don't pay any rent, because someone else is using our free space whenever we do not need it. My living room is used for business meetings when I am not there. Once in awhile, I will choose to cook for myself. It is easy - the necessary kitchen equipment is delivered at my door within minutes. Since transport became free, we stopped having all those things stuffed into our home. Why keep a pasta-maker and a crepe cooker crammed into our cupboards? 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