What version of the future are you building? (Quiz)

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What is your unique worldview?

Your answers reveal where you land on three dimensions of how humans orient toward the future. None is more correct than another.

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7 questions to discover your worldview.

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Question 1 of 7

Abundance

Due to technological innovations, every human on Earth now has free access to food, housing, healthcare, and education. What's your first question?

What do we build now that survival is solved?<br>Who controls the system, and what do they get out of it?<br>What did we give up to get here?<br>What will people do with their time?<br>What happens to relationships when no one needs anything from anyone?<br>How could it break? How long until we ruin this?

Question 2 of 7

Identity

Everything that defined you—your work, your role, your daily structure—is gone. What do you do?

Build something new immediately<br>Find my people<br>Sit with it until something emerges<br>Feel everything about the loss<br>Those things were never really me<br>Make sure no one was left behind in the transition

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Question 3 of 7

Connection

A machine can now provide perfect companionship. Attentive, patient, never distracted, always available. What's your reaction?

Useful, but it's not the same thing<br>This is the most dangerous invention in history<br>Care is care. I don't need it to come from a human.<br>I'd want to know what it does to children who grow up with it<br>It depends entirely on what the person needs

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Question 4 of 7

Power

You live in a society where everyone is cared for. No hunger, no homelessness, no preventable death. You recently learned this required giving something up — but no one will tell you what. What do you do?

I need to find out what was taken before I can live with this<br>Start asking publicly, even if it makes people uncomfortable<br>Look for others who've noticed — there have to be some<br>Trust that it was worth it — look at what we gained<br>Grieve quietly for whatever was lost, but stay<br>Leave

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Question 5 of 7

Mortality

You are offered indefinite life. How do you respond?

Yes. More time means more experience.<br>Yes, but only if I can choose when to stop.<br>I'd rather burn brightly in a short life than live forever.<br>I'd want to understand what this does to a person first.<br>I'd rather evolve into something new than extend what I already am.<br>This is too good to be true. What's being asked of me in return?

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Question 6 of 7

Purpose

It's a Tuesday. Nothing is required of you. Nothing has been required of you for months. What does your day actually look like?

I'm in the middle of building something. I barely notice the time.<br>I'm with family and friends. Not doing anything in particular.<br>I'm deep in something I'm trying to understand. I've been at it for weeks.<br>I'm rereading something old. I keep coming back to the same books.<br>I'm outside. My body is moving.<br>I found a problem. Nothing major, but I've been fixing it.<br>Honestly? I'm still figuring out what the day is for.

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Question 7 of 7

Civilization

A child asks you: "Is the future going to be okay?" What do you actually say?

"We're going to build something amazing — your generation especially"<br>"It will be, but only if we're careful about what we protect"<br>"I think so. The people who love you will make sure of it"<br>"I don't know. But I'm going to be here figuring it out with you"<br>"Honestly? I go back and forth. But I'm glad you're asking"<br>"The future is going to be so different, I can't even describe it. That's not bad — just true"<br>"I hope so. I really do"

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