Made Dewi Suastini
2200 is a start for all. Global warming is happening faster than all people can imagine. Sea level rise is happening faster and sinking small islands around the world and Denpasar is one of them and it has happened in the previous 100 years. Sea level rise is a formidable threat. Everything was predictable although not quite precisely because no one knew how fast the destruction would come. There was one big initiative that saved the coastal population of Bali at that time, namely the creation of a floating city and that was realized swiftly by the government and completely changed the condition of Denpasar City in 2200. Its appearance is quite modern with a shape consisting of a collection of triangular to hexagonal platforms, this city is tough designed for Resistant to natural disasters such as floods, tsunamis and hurricanes. A city on the water that becomes the permanent residence of hundreds of thousands of people. Climate Change Preparedness that has been designed far from the 20th century has brought this city is save from the apocalypse.
This floating infrastructure provides everything human needs from clean water obtained from the discovery of seawater desalination technology in real time, plant and animal food sources from biotechnology, modern waste treatment channels that are efficiently integrated, clothing needs, business development, to places where people can live. gathering place on a large scale. People slowly began to adapt to the new environment. Rising sea levels cause coastal cities such as Denpasar to face unique demographic, environmental, economic, social and spatial challenges. Through these complex changes, it is possible for humans, nature, and technology to coexist forever. Denpasar researchers who collaborated with international researchers in 2200 are also getting crazy in developing technology. A great project is being developed from the early 2200 that is to free humanity from all kinds of misery. This project will be the largest project created by human hands based on the word Utopia World. This is the beginning of a big step.
People live their lives normally because the creation of a lifelike environmental design makes it easy for people to adapt. The land in the floating city they stepped on was no different from the land on the original island. Life goes on as usual. Those with families will live together while some people decide to live alone and determine their freedom. Government and society are more organized. The political system is still running which brings dynamics among the people but is still controlled through the opposition parties. Everything seems to be going so well even though when we look deeper and deeper, human intentions to beat each other always create upheavals. No white is truly white, there will always be imperfections. There are always people who are against and they are in the opposition team which also plays a role in regulating the running of the government. Some groups still think that they cannot achieve happiness without winning something for themselves.
Everything starts with the intention of fulfilling human happiness. So far, human life basically has 5 levels of happiness or what is commonly called the pyramid of happiness which is taken from the perspective of A.H Maslow, namely physiological/life/body needs, security needs, love needs/the need to be a part, self-esteem needs and the last need for self-actualization. Utopia is a perfect life depicted by humans. A life without suffering, without lack, full of equality, there is only abundance and happiness similar to heaven which is called in religions. Since the beginning, time after time, humans have always pursued happiness. In theory, this happiness will be achieved if the conditions are met. Starting from physical needs, security, feeling loved and recognized, to self-existence. If one of these five basic needs has not been met, it will be difficult for humans to enjoy true happiness.
Some of these elements of happiness have been fulfilled long ago when humans were first able to protect themselves from the attacks of wild animals in the past to the time when everything could be easily obtained in one hand. Back in the 21st century, Denpasar is a busy city with a very plural population. The hustle and bustle of people working and the activities of the central government are held in working weeks. There is always a lot of electricity continuously on for 24 hours in Denpasar. Mixing of cultures often occurs in densely populated areas, while in suburban and periphery areas it occurs less frequently, people will tend to be more attached to their local culture. Further examining the socio-cultural conditions in Denpasar, initially the residents of Denpasar and various areas in Bali were immigrants from Taiwan through Maritime Southeast Asia around 2000 BC while Balinese culture was strongly influenced by Indian, Chinese, and especially Hindu cultures. The culture began around the 1st century AD. Ten centuries later, nine Hindu sects began to spread, namely the Pasupata Sect, Bhairawa Sect, Shiva Shidanta Sect, Vaishnava Sect, Bodha Sect, Brahma Sect, Resi Sect, Sora Sect, and Ganapatya Sect.
The culture of the Denpasar population in 2200 was much different from the previous 200 years. Conditions that require them to always coexist with technology have made their belief in religion even more faded. Some people who still carry on their traditions, whether they are Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, Christian, or Confucian, they try to make alternative prayers where the media and location get updated versions of adjustments. In general, they have a building or prayer hall together as a sacred space and a solemn place for worship measuring 14 x 8 meters, equipped with several equipment and media used. In addition, they also install religious attributes in their homes, indicating their identity. There is a lot of lost culture and it all comes down to relevance. The more relevant the religious values, the stronger people will defend them from time to time. Despite thousands of years, the people of Denpasar have been very attached to the belief in God and the culture of worship.
On the other hand, the other biggest cause of change that shapes everything that happens in 2200 is a global agreement. The big scenario of the World Economic Forum to reset world civilization with the momentum of a pandemic through The Great Reset which was held in June 2012, almost 2 centuries ago. This organization is the same non-governmental organization that initiated the concept of The Fourth Industrial Revolution in 2011 and contains many of the most influential people and companies that run the world economy or more simply the world-class capitalists who run the wheels of civilization from this world. Agree or disagree, human civilization is always determined by the leaders of superpower countries and world capitalists who are already planning to research many sectors in the world ranging from economic, social, geopolitical, environmental, technology, business, industrial, and the last is individual reset. From this point, it starts to be rearranged how this new human world adapts more quickly to technology that is more friendly to nature because the next threat that has been expected to be more severe than a pandemic and global warming in the 21st century is a capitalist system that is more human-centric, not only profitable. power holders only.
2050 marks the beginning of a time of great change after people agreed to sit down together and agree on a pact whether it would end forever for good or otherwise. After that, the future of Denpasar City began to change starting with a more efficient food system through biotechnology which can anticipate crop failures due to increasingly unfriendly climatic conditions. A more open and transparent economic system through block chain technology which reduces the corrupt system because of its openness. With the opening of a new government system that is more transparent, it will provide new hope for equality and justice for every people in need. The new regulations in the digital world are followed by the residents of Denpasar where every human who enters this era requires a digital ID so that anyone who maneuvers in cyberspace is no longer anonymous so that it will greatly reduce the crime rate. The big deal brought Denpasar in a good direction because division, power struggles, and power have always been human nature since ancient times when their condition was improving. So that humans have been complacent for the last hundreds of years only care about satisfying their respective interests and egos. Pretending not to hear that this condition is getting worse.
Global warming as a disaster and the cause of the earth’s apocalypse has succeeded in becoming a turning point to unite mankind which is similar to the post-war scenario in the 20th century. From there, humans have hope and do not end up in a dystopia scenario because of the natural selection process that can reset our technology back to the stone age. Finally, the city of Denpasar and other cities that were able to survive continued to advance in the Utopia stage in the next few centuries until in 2200. This journey to become a Utopia world is the greatest choice because this can be achieved if humans agree on a common goal. There is no difference between social status, economy, culture, maybe even religion. Because without equality and a common goal, Utopian conditions will never occur forever in the lifetime of mankind.
Continuing the massive project that is being worked on and implemented in the city of Denpasar where all aspects will be controlled by AI. The government system is no longer run by human interests anymore but is entrusted with control of an AI computing system that is mutually agreed upon to regulate the course of a new civilization system programmed based on the principles of humanism that adheres to the principles that exist in this universe which has been proven to work harmoniously even for millions of years. The last thing to emphasize is that without humans, this earth will still be fine. That’s the difference between human-made and god-made systems, between mortal and immortal because the long history of humankind has proven to have never been successful in managing this world since humans held civilization on earth. It always ends in the destruction of each other even though humans have undergone various types of systems ranging from imperial, socialist, liberal, to democracy during the abstract human will with ego and desire as the center of its control, which is always filled with authoritarianism, power supremacy, and dynasties. political. Therefore, the government system implemented by AI will be much more relevant because it is unmotivated, impartial, and fair even to every living creature on this earth.
The 2200s should be a better time than ever. However, when all humanity agreed to unite, it would mark a new, terrifying era. At this time technology has provided everything for human needs. Thanks to nuclear fusion that provides unlimited energy to anyone who needs it for free. In this Utopia era, energy is produced very easily, cheaply, and unlimitedly. Just because of this free energy, everything in the world of Utopia becomes available for free too. Moreover, this place has all been controlled by AI and robotics that automatically produce and provide almost every basic need of mankind from food, health, proper housing, even entertainment. Because everything is very easy to obtain, humans are starting to have no thoughts of doing evil anymore and every human being has started to no longer work to get what he wants because everything is available very easily thanks to the help of AI technology with a very sophisticated quantum computer base that can run the system. in this Utopia world ranging from the economy, transportation, social needs, business, and industry very fairly.This is a time when every human being is considered equal in existence and only focuses on pursuing their own dreams and fantasies. The residents of Denpasar, who in the early 2200s still had several groups attached to religion, then began to disengage from various types of beliefs. They start chasing things as big as they want to achieve. AI has stored the entire database of mankind as well as every object in the world that can be connected to humans and all objects wirelessly, understands all the needs and even worries felt by mankind and immediately provides solutions for them instantly. It all makes humans no longer feel pain and suffering.
In this city too, treatment has been very advanced thanks to Nano technology so that cancer cells are no longer a threat. Even before humans are born, genetics with the potential for cancer can be modified like new again thanks to the help of the much more advanced Crisper technology. Likewise, with physical genetic modification starting from gender, face, hair color, and body posture so that humans can have physical conditions according to their own desires. There is no envy and envy towards other humans just because this gets a proper self-existence in the eyes of society. Because now everyone is equal. The super-advanced cell generation technology allows us to live in a youthful state that would make life and death just an option. No more dying from disease and childbirth. At this time, it is possible to give birth to a baby outside the mother’s womb. All the nutrients have been provided by technology from the embryo to the whole human being. Of course this has been genetically modified to perfection so that there are no more birth or physical defects.
In this Utopia world, Denpasar residents are only busy chasing dreams and imaginations that they have not yet experienced. But again, this sensation is very easy for them to get with the increasingly sophisticated neuroscience technology that makes it possible for every human being to feel whatever sensation he wants in his life. Enough just to consume a substance that will work in our subconscious. They will feel the sensation completely without the need to go through a long process. For example, the sensation of a peak of success, popularity, the sensation of falling in love, and connecting with the most coveted person, even feeling the sensation of being any creature in this world. Limits only as far as the imagination can think. Utopia is similar to the concept of a paradise where humans can no longer be governed by all physical limitations. Advances in quantum physics allow humans to be able to break down and manipulate the blueprints of an atom so that they become able to create various new materials in this universe, which makes humans no longer imprisoned in physical laws that enable them to create their own version of new laws. Until finally able to rewrite the new destiny of life from alpha to omega.
Until one point, the people of Denpasar City no longer even crave a hope in such flawless conditions. When they no longer even know what they want when they are easily fulfilled. Technology was originally created to make life easier and more efficient by speeding up or stopping a process. But after all the processes are taken over by him until there is nothing left for humans, then there is nothing more terrible than a human being who always gets whatever comes to his mind so easily. When they no longer even know what they want because it is easily fulfilled then everything no longer has a value. Because a value appears thanks to a process. The more difficult the process, the higher the value. The more limited a thing is, the more valuable it will be.
Even the people in the city had no idea what hope was in such flawless conditions. How can a person have hope when everything is under his control. Everything is measured, organized, no more spontaneity, no more surprises, and no more fear. When all hope and desire is no longer there, then all that remains are emptiness. Which is even more terrible than going through a long painful process but still has hope. Because that’s basically what makes humans feel alive. It is hopes and desires that are difficult for us to pursue that give us purpose in life, which ultimately makes them envious of human life in the past which was full of emotions and hopes even though they had reached the perfect stage.
An ironic turning point, the people in the city are no longer working hard just to get a bite of food but they don’t know how happy and delicious it is to get a bite of food that is obtained from the results of days of hard work. Maybe they no longer go through labor and delivery for 9 months but they don’t know how happy a mother feels when she first sees the depths of her baby’s eyes right after giving birth. They no longer felt the disease in their perfect body from birth but they did not know how happy a child was born blind to see for the first time. They have a perfect family that is never in need but they don’t know the happy feeling of a father who sees his wife and children laughing while eating together even though he has to take on 2 jobs at once in the day and night. They can live in youth as long as they want but they will never know how much every moment in life means so much in our short and ignorant life of tomorrow. The emotions that humans feel right now are the greatest real gifts. Humans in the past yearned for a Utopian life in the future and humans in the future were envious of human life in the past. So this search for happiness will find no end.
It is the ignorance of the townspeople about tomorrow that makes tomorrow more interesting to live. It’s their current discomfort that keeps them motivated. Suffering is still felt that makes happiness so much more meaningful. And the limited age makes them have more priorities so that every moment in every life becomes much more valuable. All the imperfections that exist in a person’s life now are what make life perfect. So there is no need to live another 200 years because after understanding that, everyone can achieve happiness. But because of human nature that never feels enough and feels capable of doing everything, so that they still feel alive and have a purpose. They create their own new life goals by making a new earth where happiness can still be fought with a hope and suffering with new humans who are still innocent as white as snow and without knowledge from the beginning again. Where happiness cannot be achieved in conditions of lack but also cannot be achieved even in conditions of perfect abundance. Happiness only exists in the condition of being sufficient and grateful. Therefore, these new humans can give a sincere love to their creator because that is the only thing they cannot do. But this time they take care and make sure that not all knowledge is good for consumption. Because someone who is in a state of knowing can never return to a state of not knowing. So there is no need to repeat their mistakes and end up in a reset condition again.
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