The Second Life Department
A public agency offers one legally recognized alternative life to every adult.
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Speculative Fiction
Worlds changed by one idea taken seriously: what would it cost, who would it help, and who would be left behind?
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Tomorrow Is Optional
Citizens may skip one future day but must accept the consequences afterward.
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The Last Unshared Thought
A neural network allows voluntary sharing of nearly every thought.
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The Consent Calendar
A calendar app negotiates everyone's time before meetings can exist.
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The Inheritance of Hours
Parents can legally transfer unused years of paid leave to their children.
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The Weather Subscription
Neighborhoods buy personalized weather through a municipal utility.
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The Memory Lease
People rent temporary access to professional memories instead of attending training.
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The Future Witness Program
Citizens can testify about one probable future in court.
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The Happiness Standard
A city adopts a universal measure of wellbeing for public services.
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The Quiet Internet
The internet shuts down for one collective hour each day.
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The Age Exchange
Adults can exchange five years of biological age under strict limits.
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The Right to Be Unseen
A privacy law grants everyone one day per month without digital records.
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The Neighborhood Algorithm
A city lets residents vote on the rules of an algorithm governing shared resources.
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The Dream Census
Governments begin counting recurring dreams as a public health indicator.
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The Daylight Market
Households can trade guaranteed hours of daylight.
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The Language Dividend
People earn credits when they preserve endangered languages through conversation.
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The Reversible City
Urban planners can undo one completed public decision each year.
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The Reputation Reset
Every citizen may reset their public reputation once.
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The Human Override
Automated public decisions require one randomly selected citizen's approval.
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The Shared Tomorrow Fund
Communities can borrow against predicted future prosperity.
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The Sleep Commons
Cities provide communal dream spaces to reduce loneliness.
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The Last Offline Town
One town refuses the universal identity network.
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The Empathy Trial
An experimental program lets volunteers feel a stranger's day.
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The One-Question Election
Voters may ask each candidate only one question, answered under verified conditions.
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The Community Time Bank
A city lets residents exchange hours of skilled assistance through a public ledger.
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The Attention Commons
Citizens can donate attention to public problems through a shared digital platform.
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The Portable Neighborhood
Residents can move their entire civic community between physical locations.
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The Transparent Budget
Every public expense appears instantly on a screen visible to all citizens.
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The Family Archive Protocol
Families can jointly curate a verified digital history that survives generations.
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The Open Ending Initiative
A publishing platform lets readers vote on the ending of their own life stories.
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