Drones Gone

 The next messiah had been delivered. The insects of the world had almost vanished over the last one year. Challenges with huge prize money were launched to resolve the problem. The solution came from technology once again. Insect size drones which could do the work just fine. The areas where the technology had been deployed had seen better than normal production while the rest of the world was falling apart.

However a leaked video of the Founder and CEO had caused a brouhaha.

Adamu Misr was caught talking 

“You see, the world was disbalanced. Humanity didn't have justice, you see. In the cold icy areas and in the deserts people had to work hard, had to plan and prepare and invest in having a good future. But if you looked at the so-called tropical paradises, what did people have to do? You don't need a house, a hut will do just fine. You don't need to protect against the cold, sleeping naked in the open would do just fine. You didn't have to prepare and store food, going and collecting the fruits and grains growing year around would do just fine. ”

“We are now bringing justice, changing the equation from per capita production to per capita work. With the world becoming equally inhospitable, people everywhere will have to put in the same effort. If you fail to do that then you suffer, just like the harsher climates have done all around”.

It was harsh but it was true. The humans had it good, with most services being provided for free around them. The insects and birds did their job and as a byproduct humans got what they needed. Nature took care of producing oxygen, bringing rains, recycling waste and every other requirement of humans as biological beings. But we wanted increased GDPs, and through our hard work we had achieved it!

The time is 2100. The global temperature rise had brought a demise of most insects and amphibians, also decimating creatures dependent on them. Humans and their required animals now constituted 99% of all lifeforms on earth by weight.

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