"Dear Nestor: A Letter from 2050”

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Title"Dear Nestor: A Letter from 2050”
Year for Search2000
AuthorsDouglass, William
Secondary TitleWhole Earth
Volume / Editionno. 103
Pagination82-84
Date PublishedWinter 2000
KeywordsMale author
Annotation

Eutopia in a letter from a twelve year old boy living in Bangladesh, which is part of the South Asian Block of nations, in a high tech future. The U.S. is a member of the North American Trading Block, and power now resides in these blocks rather than in the individual countries; e.g. the U.S. President is largely a ceremonial position. The U.S. is somewhat backward in that it still requires human pilots on airplanes. There is a tunnel from Miami to Habana, Cuba. Genes are implanted to keep a child from developing cancer or HIV and to slow the aging process and increase intelligence. Trial marriages are common. People travel to Mars for holidays.
Additional Publishers

Originally published in Dudley Fishburn, ed. The World in 2001. London: Economist, 2000 [Not found].
Info Notes

Won first prize in an Economist contest.
Full Text

2000 Douglass, William. “Dear Nestor: A Letter from 2050.” Whole Earth, no. 103 (Winter 2000): 82-84. Originally published in Dudley Fishburn, ed. The World in 2001. London: Economist, 2000 [Not found]..

Eutopia in a letter from a twelve year old boy living in Bangladesh, which is part of the South Asian Block of nations, in a high tech future. The U.S. is a member of the North American Trading Block, and power now resides in these blocks rather than in the individual countries; e.g. the U.S. President is largely a ceremonial position. The U.S. is somewhat backward in that it still requires human pilots on airplanes. There is a tunnel from Miami to Habana, Cuba. Genes are implanted to keep a child from developing cancer or HIV and to slow the aging process and increase intelligence. Trial marriages are common. People travel to Mars for holidays. Won first prize in an Economist contest.