2040: The future

Today is April 15, 2040 and I'm a freshman in college. I wake up and my alarm tells me it's raining outside. I go to my closet and based on the weather, it picks out my outfit for me - including an umbrella. When I turn on my T.V., VH1 is blaring all of the music videos I have chosen for it to play for me. After I'm all dressed and ready to go, I go out to my kitchen and my stove has already prepared me my eggs and toast; it's what I've been craving all morning. I hop into my car that runs on algae, and I tell it to take me to class. Everyone's laptop's are one-sided (think iPad), and automatically writes down everything our professor says. After all of my classes, I get back into my car and it takes me back to my apartment. My dinner is waiting for me when I get back- a nice juicy steak and a baked potato- still hot. Once I'm ready for bed, I tell my alarm what time I want to get up, it tells me goodnight and gives me a forecast for tomorrows weather.

The Internet: A Clear and Present Danger

After reading this article I think that the scenarios listed in the beginning of the article should be illegal. If someone breaks through my firewall or if a pedophile tries to e-mail my son I would want the authorities to do something. But how the laws are now, no action would be taken to ensure my security. Legislation should read this article and see the holes that are in their laws. I think it's a very effective way to start the essay because you put yourself in the specific situation and it makes you think about what you would do if that happened to you.