What will happen to the Chimney Sweep?
We are all going to leave Earth. At some point in the future the human race, not necessarily all at once, will start to inhabit and explore other planets, solar systems and galaxies. It will be a very expensive race as to what country does what first and I am very interested to see how it all pans out. Some believe that in the benefit of science and ‘advancing’ the human race, countries will unite with a common cause and we will move forward in leaps and bounds. Large carriers will loom in the skies, giant structures will hang lifelessly in the void and the better part of us may very well be sporting white jumpsuits everywhere we go.
Will everything become dull and lifeless? Will we project large images of rainforests on our living room walls? What will happen to the Olympics? Why would we want to participate in such archaic events as the 100m sprint when we could instead play Space Ball or Martian Polo?
I sometimes wonder if we are so plagued by (what seems, in the bigger picture) petty debates and feuds that we are halting our technological advancements. On the other side of the scale, is stepping outside our cosy atmosphere the right move? Should we not get ahead of ourselves and focus all our energies on developing a unified world?
Chimney sweeps may very well become redundant if it is beyond the skies that we seek real estate, not to mention a myriad of other careers. Will the British Royal Family still be the greatest owners of property when we expand? I often wonder if we have the potential to inflate to such a wide scope that many of the social problems that plague us now will grow to phenomenal proportions. Will there be a planet for the jocks and a planet for the goths?
Spending time in lifeless cabins and barren worlds may seem like a daunting prospect to some. We won’t be able to kick the footy, drop a fishing line, or simply go for a Sunday drive. Will it come to the stage where parents will be telling their kids to get inside and play FIFA 2298 on their Playstation150?
I hope the grandkids of all the redundant Chimney Sweeps will be able to afford a Playstation150.