Title: 2099, a eutopia /
Authors: Blumenfeld, Yorick
Date: 1999
Publisher: Thames and Hudson,
Physical description: 112 p. ; 22 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: P
Abstract: "2099: A Eutopia offers a provocative glimpse into the daily life of a thriving inner-city community a hundred years from now. Yorick Blumenfeld imagines a better world, not a perfect one. He provides an impressionistic panorama of what such a Eutopia might offer the average citizen in 2099 - particularly in terms of its intimacy, creativity and spirituality. Alongside the technological wonders of MI counsellors (endowed with Machine Intelligence), smart robots and 'improved' babies, ordinary human beings will still have to cope, but with far less stress than they do today. In this challenging narrative, the ravages of a money-driven market have been left far behind and replaced with a viable credit system that enhances stability rather than growth, and eliminates the glaring inequalities of capitalism."--Jacket.
Contents: The Yare Reports: Eutopia or Bust? -- Yare, Norwich, England -- Ivia's Voice Journal -- Day 120, 2099 -- The Family -- Ivia's Voice Journal -- Day 123, 2099 -- The Economy -- Ivia's Voice Journal -- Day 126, 2099 -- Education -- Ivia's Voice Journal -- Day 130, 2099 -- A Question of Philosophy -- Ivia's Voice Journal -- Day 133, 2099 -- The Theatre of Visions -- Ivia's Voice Journal -- Day 136, 2099 -- A Community Town Hall -- Ivia's Voice Journal -- Day 138, 2099 -- Onwards to Mars! -- Ivia's Voice Journal -- Day 140, 2099 -- The Creative Balance -- Ivia's Voice Journal -- Day 142, 2099 -- Beyond Christianity -- Ivia's Voice Journal -- Day 144, 2099 -- Creating Myths -- Ivia's Voice Journal -- Day 150, 2099 -- Deric: Voice Letter to Ivia -- Day 156, 2099 -- Ivia: Voice Letter to Deric -- Day 157, 2099 -- Deric: Voice Letter to Ivia -- Day 158, 2099 -- Ivia: Voice Letter to Deric -- Day 167, 2099 -- Voice Memo from Deric Channing to Jim Eltin.
Subject headings (LCSH): Forecasting.; Social change.; Technological forecasting.; Twenty-first century--Forecasts; Utopias--Fiction