The Man Who Dreamed the Future — and Hated It

Jonas was a mathematician who claimed he could predict tomorrow’s news through dreams. At first, he foresaw small things — a spilled cup, a missed train. Then he saw disasters: earthquakes, wars, names of people who hadn’t yet died.

He stopped sleeping, terrified of his own visions. But exhaustion won. When he finally drifted off, he dreamed himself old — gray-haired, trembling, whispering to someone unseen:

“It was never the future. It was the past catching up.”

He woke up in a hospital bed, fifty years later. The nurse smiled and said, “Welcome back, Mr. Jonas. We’ve been waiting.”