The Future of Future Planning
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Recently, I read an article about how the Japanese are using robots for eldercare, and it got me thinking about how different the world will be when I enter into my golden years. How do we go about retirement planning when human cloning will likely be a viable option? What degrees should we encourage our children to pursue when robots are competing for the best jobs? In the flash fiction series Future of Future Planning, I explore the popular science fiction tropes that are rapidly becoming our new reality, and in doing so, I realized that you can't adequately plan for YOUR future without planning for THE future.
THE FUTURE OF FUTURE PLANNING:
Practical College Majors in a Robot-Dominated Society
An Unparalleled Real Estate Investment Opportunity
Unnatural Family Planning
Investment Strategies in a Post-Apocalyptic World
Planning for Your Re-Retirement
Earth's Destruction, A Crowdfunding Campaign
If you enjoy these stories, be sure to keep an eye out my near future thriller, The Prey of Gods, from Harper Voyager, Summer 2017.
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