- From my point of view, which has edited hundreds of science fiction books for more than 30 years Our are trying to grasp the future 100 years from now with an intellect and determination that is too strong.
- Yoshihiro Shiozawa(Hayakawa Publishing)
- Full of content, the unseen future world is drawn realistically! The wonderful thing about all four works is that they are written from the point of view of people living in the future, like us today. If I lived in such a world, I would be drawn into the book while thinking about what kind of job I would have, who I would be friends with, and what my life would be like.
- Midori Watanabe(Euglena CFO: Chief Future Officer)
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Masatomo Tamaru
Mitsuru IzumoMuseum of Poverty
In a world where poverty has disappeared, what is the “new poverty” that still remains?
Welcome to the museum of the future! What is on display here is poverty that has been eradicated from the world. The centerpiece is the “Poverty Experience Program,” which reproduces the lives of former developing countries. How do you feel and think in a world where water, electricity, and even nutrition are inadequate? A future where the SDGs have been achieved after the efforts of our predecessors. Can people really say that they have become rich and healthy? And what are the next challenges to be solved? A story about hints for thinking about the world 100 years from now and changing it.
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Taiyou Fujii
Akihiko Nagatamoratorium
Can space become a place for human beings?
A future where people have migrated to space, and the infinite power obtained from nuclear fusion eliminates the need to even work.Midoriya Yuri learns that the moon mine he was involved in will close. of fellows who decide to go to Earthmoon person Yuri, who chose to remain on the moon despite the others, witnesses a woman walking in outer space with her bare skin exposed. She is a "electric suction "was……. What are the "conditions" for transforming the new world of space into a place for humans to live?
Commentary
Akihiko NagataDirector,Representative Executive Officer, CEO
Imagining the world 100 years from now, I believe that with the further rapid development of technology, humankind will be freed from biological limitations such as life expectancy, disease, food and shelter, and energy. And by removing the hurdles to survival, a paradigm change in social concepts should be occurring. Instinct, work, love, gender, family, curiosity, social approval, and more.
What I tried in this project was what kind of behavior people would take in order to satisfy the various desires that accompany these changes in social concepts in the world 100 years from now, and how science would respond to that behavior. It is a thought experiment on how we can contribute to
The main character of the story, Yuri, lives in a lunar world that is no longer a frontier. Please enjoy the adventure journey of Yuri and her friends.
In addition, the various technologies that appear are not mere products of fantasy, but are drawn on the premise that they will be implemented in society logically and technically in 100 years. -
Joji Hayashi
Kengo SuzukiThe beginning of cohabitation,and the future
Is life and existence eternal?
Engaged in food supply planning for degraded land using an ecosystem restoration device called ES (ecosystem sheet)Kiryu Cain. He loses his beloved wife in space on a mission to support the restoration of the global environment damaged by a large-scale natural disaster. After that, Kane will start developing the interstellar asteroid spaceship "Haruka"... What was the "eternity" dreamed of by humans who adapted to the space environment and reached the realm of immortality?
Commentary
KengoExecutive Officer CTO
As a scientist who has a strong admiration for space and continues to apply research on the microalgae Euglena in life in space, I was excited to participate in this project.
In 100 years from now, technology for immortality and longevity will become commonplace, human life will expand beyond Earth, and it will become commonplace for people to live on other planets and build new space colonies. I imagine that
Furthermore, I am very interested in building the smallest unit ecosystem that can protect human beings from disasters and accidents and secure a living environment both on and off earth. In the form that the ecosystem contains microbes such as Euglena and higher plants on a small scale, it becomes a circulatory system of movable substances that can sustain individual life, and eventually the ecosystem will be shared with other humans. In the future, sharing and inheritance may become possible.
When you think of outer space, you may have an image of something inorganic, but the story also depicts family love, and here too technology 100 years from now is utilized. -
Hiroe Suga
Shoko Takahashihappy long life
A definition of happiness that sways between lifespan and memory.
Mid 22nd century. A future where, thanks to the development of science, most of the diseases of mankind are being overcome. While healthy life expectancy has increased, only the personal trauma at the bottom of memory has not yet been resolved. "I", a doctor, was conducting a clinical trial on my own body for "active amnesia treatment" to erase such painful past memories with pinpoint accuracy. After waking up from the treatment, "I" begins to have new thoughts through conversation with the man... It questions the way of life of future human beings, swaying between lifespan and memory.
Commentary
Sachiko TakahashiExecutive Officer and Bioinformatics Business Head
In 100 years from now, healthy life expectancy will undoubtedly increase significantly, most diseases will be preventable and treatable, and it will become a routine practice to replace parts of the body that are unwell with artificial organs made from iPS cells. The real and the virtual are merging, and AI will be heavily involved in decision-making.
I am interested in how people's spirit, way of life, and communication will change in such an environment.
Sci-fi works often depict a dystopia in a world where technology has developed, but I wanted to depict a bright and happy world that is realized by technology. A world that has clearly become better than it is today, thanks to technology. Still, I focused on the problem of the heart (happiness) that remains in human beings at the end, and I poured my thoughts into this work to find hope in it and to have a positive feeling to pour more energy into the future. I would appreciate it if you, the readers, would accept such thoughts.
Commentary
Mitsuru Izumo, President and CEO
The "Poverty Museum" that appears in the story is actually a museum that my teacher, Professor Yunus, is aiming to create. Just like the Dinosaur Museum, where extinct dinosaurs are on display, this is a museum that exhibits how "poverty" was eradicated and how it was done.
This is no pipe dream. 100 years from now, "poverty" will be eradicated from all over the world at a much earlier stage, and the time will come when people will say, "In the past, there was such a thing as poverty." Dreams that could not be realized due to "poverty" will become a reality, and various hidden talents will bloom all over the world.
However, even after the "material poverty" is gone, unfortunately, I think that social issues such as discrimination and bullying caused by "emotional poverty" still remain.
I'm still very optimistic. This is because I firmly believe that people around the world will work to solve problems through self-help and mutual cooperation so that they can achieve "richness of mind" such as "happiness" and "well-being."