I will probably still be

myself, just older ( about 40

years of age), and
What would my most likely future look like then?
(hopefully) a little wiser.

I would like to stay in the
netherlands, and preferably in
Groningen. This is mainly because
i like it here (i grew up here) and
the Netherlands is one of the
best organised counties.
Right now i think that the At my various internships i have learned that i like to figure out how certain
most probable future for me “puzzle pieces” should fit together. So far, i most enjoind my internship at
is one where i have a job in the public transport bureau for Groningen and Drenthe. Therefore i think it
some form of urban is not far fetshed that i might be working at a simular place in 2040.
planning. From my various
internships i know that i
don’t really like to get hung
up in all sorts of regulations
and laws. I like coming up
with new ideas and/ or
maniging project a lot more,
so i would like to be doing
something in that vane.

This is meant as an “out of the box” idea,

this is very much not my preferred future.
It is ofcourse impossible to know what an avradge day in 2040 would look like. But i imagine it will
Even though this not be too dissimular from a normal day at present times. I do think that technoligy will have
advanced significantly by then, making daily live more convienient. Perhaps it has become the norm
“exothic future” is
to work from home by then because internet connections have gotten a lot faster by then.
not very realistic, it is
fun te “dream” of I do however not tink that ideas like the internet of things or other futuristic ideas will really have
what could be. been integrated by then. So, to conclude, i think it is most realistic to expect that will be a 2040 ore
technologically advanced version of 2020, hopefully with less virus and 20 years more history
behind it.

This could also mean i get to fly in space,
Urban planning on the Moon or on Mars.
however, if you can also “work from home”
than i’d like that better. (less risk involved)
Another interest of mine is “regenerative
agriculture”. This system of producing food is
(almost) climate proof, carbon negative and
(i believe) necessary for feeding the growing
world population. Currently i don’t have plans
to do something with this topic that has
intreged me recently, but i felt like sharing this.
“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow
by evading it today” (Ambraham Lincoln
“It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to
look further than you can see” (Winston Churchill)
“The future influences the present just as
Made by:
much as the past.” (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Gert-Jan Wit (373495
April 2nd, 2020