Planet Earth survived 2050, the predicted date of collapse, or point of no return, and found a new equilibrium.

During the period of environmental, health, economic and socio-political crisis known as the Trembling Age, which began after the Covid19 pandemic of 2020, large cities were gradually abandoned and their inhabitants left in search of a different life: less wasteful, less controlled, safer, healthier. During the period of environmental, health, economic and socio-political crisis known as the Trembling Age, which began after the Covid19 pandemic of 2020, big cities were progressively abandoned and their inhabitants left in search of a different life: less wasteful, less controlled, safer, healthier.

People have begun to inhabit abandoned villages and rural areas, creating small communities where everyone is no longer responsible only for themselves, but also for each other. The previous political and economic systems, which brought humanity close to to disintegration and irreversible disaster, have been defeated . New movements have emerged that have demanded a future based on three principles: humanity, nature and technology. These new collective ideals also found expression in art, philosophy and literature. People have once again believed in progress, in a better future.

In the new course, people started to organise work from home, growing their own food and producing the energy needed with sustainable methods. They have started to use new technologies to improve daily life, making more time for themselves, their families and for themselves, families and friends. They have rediscovered or reinvented their identity, while the shared identity of each community has become increasingly important and has defined the mission of the community itself. These new rural communities have learnt to protect their identity and data, circumventing surveillance and control. Each community has come into contact with each other by associating in a new network, local and global.

Life in the city has also improved: thanks to a lower density population density, both traffic and pollution have been drastically reduced, as has the proliferation of viruses. The flats have been merged to form larger dwellings, which made it easy to work remotely and to create new aggregation spaces.

Technology, no longer conceived as private property, has become open and public. In 2051, in fact, the Big Tech Companies, held responsible for violating human rights, were transformed into non-profit companies and their economic surplus economic surplus was redistributed through the creation of the Common Global Fund for Research and Development. The next thirty years have thus been characterised by new research and great discoveries in the fields of IT, Quantum Computing, AI, biology, medicine, new biology, medicine, new means of transport and communication, energy production. Automation has freed humans from heavy and dangerous work, enabling everyone to devote themselves to study and research. A new technological era, no longer geared towards production and economic enrichment, but to the improvement of human life, animal and plant life. Every aspect of daily life has significantly improved.

During the Trembling Age, seven new rural communities joined together in Tuscany, creating in 2051 the federation RURALIA. Ruralia became the model for a new life on Earth and for a new global political order, no longer based on nation-states but on the nation-states but on the connections between 'real communities', united by the same principles and objectives.

In 2040 the decay of the entire planet began to slow down, in 2050 global warming stopped, in 2060 the Earth began to regenerate, and in 2070 environmental conditions began to improve rapid and unexpected, as did the quality of life. A new balance between nature and man.

Today, 1 October 2081, humanity and planet Earth are saved.

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