2016

A collection of short stories from the not too distant future

What if social networks suddenly turned from inclusive to exclusive? Where is all the huge amount of data that we produce daily going to be stored? Will we become virtually eternal? All this and more in 2016! A humorous (and slightly dark) view of the year ahead!

Parablu
Level 10
Sweet Dreams Inc.

In the year 2016…

…Anamast, a leading Search Engine Corporation, will sponsor an innovative virtual school program for children of all ages. But alas, innovation does not come without minor collateral damages. Fortunately Anamast will have a solution for that too: a blue liquid called Parablu.

…All social networks will merge into one and become known as Society. Society will stop being inclusive and start being exclusive. Users will be associated with a Level to define their personal and professional status. Changing one’s profile will become almost impossible unless you are able to take part in the nation's favorite game show: Level 10.

…Sweet Dreams Inc. will be the market leader for “virtual transfers”, consisting in the physical termination of human beings and in the migration of their existence onto the corporation’s servers, making their customers virtually yours, forever.