CREATIVE ADVENTURES — 25

Imagine You Do Not Need Any Sleep, Drink, Or Food To Survive

Our human bodies seriously limit us. We spend a third of our lives sleeping. We spend hours eating, drinking, cooking, washing up, taking showers, going to the bathroom, etc. What if your body could sustain itself without biological necessities? You would then have access to 100% of your life.

Imagine that your body does not have any biological needs. You do not need to eat, sleep, drink, etc. How would your life change?

Please respond to the following questions:

1. How would you spend your 24 hours? You do not need to allocate any time to satisfy your bodily needs. How would you spend these new hours you have gained? Design your ideal day.
2. You do have extra hours now in your calendar. How can you use these hours for creativity, learning, and productivity? Create a strategic plan. What are your big goals?
3. What are the downsides of your new life? You might realize that some of the joys of life and being a human are now gone. Eating a delicious meal after fasting. Drinking water when you are super-thirsty. The joys of sleeping when you feel super-tired. Write a diary entry on your new life.
4. How would human societies change if everyone had 24 hours? Imagine nobody has to deal with biological necessities. Imagine how the fabrics of our society would change. How would commerce, trade, industries, and innovations change? How could this be the start of space-age? Write a science fiction story that depicts the glimpses of life under these new circumstances.
5. Create a Black Mirror episode where you delve into the dark side of life under these circumstances. Would we act like androids or humanoids? Would everything accelerate enormously? Would inequalities worsen?
6. Entertainment sectors would blossom under these conditions. People would have more time for Netflix, cinema, music, social media, games, books, hobbies, and the Internet. Describe the creative renaissance that would spring from these new conditions.
7. Under these conditions, the technological acceleration would lead to singularity. Ultra-intelligent machines would then be capable of self-improvement. Exponential technological changes would lead to an intelligence explosion and knowledge acceleration. The world economy would double every week, leading to exponential wealth and a booming renaissance. We would be augmented by artificial intelligence and robotic bodies. Write a science fiction story that describes your life and your emotions after such singularity occurs.

Fahri Karakas is the author of the Self-making Studio. You can explore more here.