Examining Earth
Is this thing on Adax?
Yes, Sky.
Ok, dismissed.
Thank you, Sky.
Dear Diary Entry 1,
Hello, my name is Sky Aduna, and I am the only awakened human. Not to sound dramatic, but, as far as I can tell, I am the only one who looks past the district. I've always been one for history. Never really a writer though. Anyways, if you're reading in the future, or from another galactic empire, I want you to know how it all got to this.
In the year 2041, the humans of Earth were looking to Mars. Landing drones and supplies were already waiting there. Dr. Aglo Martin, the now famed hero of humanity, was working on different management AIs to deal with the Martian infrastructure. Through an accidental discovery that would change humanity forever, Dr. Martin created the singularity. From then on, robots, nominally intelligent, served humanity. The details are a bit fuzzy. I never really got around to asking. But eventually, we retreated into lives of true Utopian luxury as the dubbed "Custodians" took care of everything else.
As for me, I was born on February 13, 2225. I, along with the other 5.3 billion humans, live in the Paradisius sector on Earth.
Adax?
Yes, Sky?
What was Paradisius called under human rule?
It was called Europe.
Thank you.
Much welcome, Sky.
It was called Europe 200 years ago. Now robotic climate manipulation and floral concentration made this place the most beautiful part of the entire planet.
Did I use those words correctly Adax?
Certainly, Sky.
Now that I am 15, I know what life is really like here. Utopian. Nothing bad can be said about Paradisius. Anything we want is immediately given to use and we have our robotic friends like Adax to help.
Right Adax?
Of course, Sky.
The robots never censored us and are still subservient to us. However, humans could now care less about anything else other than their pampered lives. We have literacy information downloaded as children, and that is about it. The last real human doctor died about 50 years ago as far as I am concerned. Now, we all sit around gorging food, playing games, and partaking in worldly abundance. There is no money, economy, or social structure, just Utopian abundance.
Now, you are probably wondering how I got to know all this. When I was a child, I underwent the normal dowload-education procedure. A malfunction in the machine uploaded a copy of Custodian logic to my brain. It didn't really change me. It just kind of woke me up, I guess. I spent all my childhood asking questions and learning. I read descriptions of life on other planets in other empires and made my conclusions. We are beyond privileged and blind. I didn't really think about it though until that day.
March 1, 2240. The day fire filled the sky.