psychology
Topics in psychology presented by Futurism.
**Welcome to The 21st Century**
Dear Readers, The 21st century has introduced remarkable technological advancements, reshaped societal norms, and redefined the way we live. However, beneath the surface of these changes lies a deep contradiction one that has altered values, relationships, and perceptions of self-worth in ways that many find troubling.
By Jacob Mascarenhasabout a year ago in Futurism
2050: We and Our Shadows
Back in my day at the turn of the 21st century, when a grownup said, ‘back in my day,’ us kids ran the other way. Tales from the 1900’s were always followed by a story about walking up hills both ways, accompanied by arduous accounts about doing so in bare feet during blizzards as they carved tunnels while carrying sacks too heavy for the doctors they didn’t have to fix the broken backs they’d arrive with if they were lucky enough to get to the wherever they were going to uphill both ways, in the first place.
By Courtney Poundsabout a year ago in Futurism
Freedom or Fire?. Runner-Up in Future Fragments Challenge.
London Waterloo, 10 am, New Year's Eve, 2049 On the final day of 2049, a 45-year-old Anglo-African woman weaves through the crowd at London Waterloo, her eyes darting nervously. She sinks onto a bench beside an older Caucasian man, tears spilling as the clock strikes 10:30. She mutters, 'Sorry,' over and over, rising unsteadily. Her hand trembles as she pulls a gun from her coat pocket, the cold metal glinting under the station lights. Tears and sweat streak her face as passersby freeze, their conversations fading into horrified silence. Her fingers tighten around the cold metal. She thinks of her son—gone, taken by the UWO for questioning two years ago. She pictures his smile and how he laughed at her bad jokes. The tears come faster now, but her resolve doesn’t waver. "This is your fault, freedom or fire" are the last sad, fearful, but defiant words to leave her mouth before she pulls the trigger.
By Paul Stewartabout a year ago in Futurism
A Hybrid Workforce
In the year 2050, the U.S. labor force was unlike anything imagined in the early 21st century. Office buildings, factories, and even agricultural fields comprised a fusion of human workers and advanced robotic counterparts. These robots were not the clunky, emotionless automatons of science fiction; they were sleek, efficient, and equipped with advanced artificial intelligence. Some had begun to display traits that could only be described as human-like—curiosity, frustration, and even a basic sense of humor.
By Anthony Chanabout a year ago in Futurism
Faces of the Future. Runner-Up in Future Fragments Challenge.
The silver screens flashed at midnight as they sat in the dimmed room. “Happy New Year!” The girls of Iota Delta Iota Omicron Tau that didn’t go back home raised their glasses of sparkling cider as they celebrated the arrival of 2050. Banti77, 4Donna4, and Kar3n stayed in a room at their sacred sorority house on the campus of The University of Mid Southwest Coastal Florida. As part of this well-bonded sisterhood, they shared holidays and many conversations about the past and the future.
By Barb Dukemanabout a year ago in Futurism
The Witness
“Forever is just another word for boring.” The sun never sets here. Not in the Oasis. Not in the perfect little bubble we built to stave off the apocalypse like some billionaire with too much ambition and not enough sense. The skies are frozen in the magic of 2050’s summer glow—where every shadow stretches just enough to be mysterious but never oppressive, and the air carries a breeze soft enough to feel like a lover’s sigh.
By Iris Obscuraabout a year ago in Futurism
