text: What will the world be like in 50 years? Who wouldn’t like to know that question? I have a pretty good idea and am willing to let you in on the secret. Here is a general outline of a day in the life of an average 2058er. You feel a warming sensation in the back of your skull near your cerebrum, as you wake out of your slumber. You feel completely energized and ready for another 22 hour day. One step out of bed and the floor moves under your feet and you travel into your closet at which time you are sanitized and deodorized and dressed. The closet automatically calculates what colors you have wore most recently, what style of clothing, and any changes in physical appearance and chooses your clothes for you of which perfectly fit what you wanted to wear, everyday. You then take 1 small tablet and a glass of water for breakfast and put the coordinates for work into the interior of your front door and are broken down to the molecular level and transported to work and reassembled upon arrival. Once at work, a few changes in some programs and a couple of minor maintenance fixes and you are done for the day logging 2 hours of work, a hefty sum of overtime for someone in your line of work. Next the coordinants of MindFlight are put into the exit door to work. Upon materialization, you walk to the counter, at which the employee greets you by name, as she does with the other twelve million users that enter each day. She outfits you with the MindFlight control bracelet that has 4 buttons, a big red one, 2 green arrows facing opposite directions and a blue square. She the inputs the coordinates of a room number into her panel and beams you up to one of the twenty-some-odd million rooms in the MindFlight building. You materialize into a dark room with dim lighting and walk 3 steps over to a wall with one medium sized button. Upon pushing the button, a small bed like ledge slides out of the wall noiselessly. You lay on the bed and push the green arrow on your bracelet that is pointing away from your body. The bed slides back into the wall and you lay in the darkness of the small coffin-like rectangular prism without a fear in your mind. Suddenly everything melts away and you are walking through a grassy meadow with deer and all sorts of wild animals hopping around not paying any attention to you. You lay down and bask in the beautiful sunlight and think deeply about anything in the world. You grow tired of the peaceful setting and tap the same green arrow again. You jump into a game of Halo 17, a RTS (Real-time Shooter) and pick up a battle rifle and think, “gotta love vintage weapons. It still shoots bullets... Ha-ha, I guess they made this before force-fields.” For several hours you run around tirelessly gunning down foe after foe, only dieing twice, and destroy the competition. Next you jump into a seat at a professional Grifball game and cheer for your favorite team, all of your friends are here. You have a couple beers, scream your lungs out and even get to take a shot during the halftime show. What a Night! This grows old for the time being so you tap the button again and you are in a bar teeming with people. It is an excellent night and you see a very attractive blonde woman sitting at the bar with no escort. Without even thinking you walk up and offer her a drink. She takes it and downs the first and you invite her to dance. She is an excellent dancer with all the right moves. She makes you look like a professional dancer just because she is a strong partner. You take her to a side table, enjoy the music and talk aimlessly about all sorts of nonsense. All of the sudden she stands up and storms out yelling something. You hit a raw nerve. Quickly as if it mattered, you tap the inside green button on your bracelet and you are buying her a drink again, you dance again, but this time you steer clear of the touchy subject. You have an excellent night and she invites you back to her place. You go without hesitation, have a few more drinks at her house, cuddle on the couch, and suddenly your MindFlight becomes X rated. Finally you decide you are running out of time for the night, you say your goodbyes and tap the big red button. You feel a warm sensation on the back of your head and the scene melts away and the bed slides out of the wall. ”Wow that was a fast 16 hours” you think to yourself. You input the coordinates of the lobby into the door. Once there you hand the bracelet to the attendant and enter the coordinates for home. You arrive home, check your H-mail, drink a glass of water and take a food tablet, and walk to your closet to get ready for bed. You are stripped and sanitized and put into your bed clothes. You climb into bed and fall asleep for another nights rest.