Lapho i-100 iba yi-40 entsha, umphakathi eminyakeni yobudala yokwelashwa okunwetshwa kwempilo

Kunesizathu esenza ukuthi uma ukuphila isikhathi eside kunandisa kwabezindaba kuthola i-rap engalungile. Kulula, ngempela. Abantu bakuthola kunzima ukubona ngeso lengqondo izwe elihluke ngokuphelele kulokho esikwaziyo. Ushintsho alukhululekile. Hhayi ukuphika. Ngisho nokulungiswa okuncane esimisweni kungaba okwanele ukuphazamisa usuku lomuntu. Kodwa ukusungula izinto ezintsha, ngaphezu kwakho konke okunye, yikho futhi okuhlukanisa abantu kuzo zonke ezinye izinhlobo zezinto eziphilayo emhlabeni. Kusezakhini zofuzo zethu.

Eminyakeni engaphansi kwezinkulungwane eziyi-100 (isikhathi esifushane esikalini sesikhathi sokuziphendukela kwemvelo) ukuhlakanipha kwabantu kuye kwachuma. Eminyakeni engaphezu nje kwezinkulungwane eziyi-10, abantu bashintsha besuka ekubeni yindluzula baya endleleni yokuphila ezinzile futhi impucuko yabantu yaqala. Eminyakeni eyikhulu, ubuchwepheshe buye benza okufanayo.

Ngendlela efanayo, njengoba umlando wesintu uthuthukela lapho sikhona namuhla, iminyaka yokuphila ibilokhu ikhula kancane kancane, isuka ku-20 iye ku-40 iye ku-80 iye ku-… mhlawumbe i-160? Zonke izinto ezibhekwayo, sizivumelanise kahle kakhulu. Impela sinezinkinga zethu zesimanje, kodwa kwaba njalo nangayo yonke eminye iminyaka.

Ngakho-ke lapho sitshelwa ukuthi isayensi izoba khona maduze ezoba namandla aphindwe kabili ubude besikhathi sokuphila komuntu, lesi siphakamiso siyethusa ngokwemvelo. Ingasaphathwa-ke, uma sicabanga ngokuguga, ukukhubazeka kuvele kufike engqondweni. Akekho ofuna ukuguga ngoba akekho ofuna ukugula; kodwa siyakhohlwa ukuthi isayensi izokwandisa impilo enhle futhi. Kubeke ngombono: uma ubude bezimpilo zethu buphindwe kabili, kanjalo neminyaka engcono kakhulu yokuphila kwethu. Izikhathi ezinhle zizophela, kodwa ngezimpilo ezimbili ezilingana nalokho esinakho manje.

Ukuqeda ukwesaba kwethu kwe-dystopian

Ikusasa liyaxaka. Ikusasa elomuntu. Akuyona indawo ethusayo. Nakuba sivame ukukwenza kube njalo. Ifilimu ka-2011 Esikhathini uyisibonelo esiphelele. Incazelo yefilimu isho konke, "Esikhathini esizayo lapho abantu beyeka ukuguga lapho beneminyaka engu-25, kodwa baklanyelwe ukuthi baphile unyaka owodwa nje kuphela, ukuba nezindlela zokuphuma kulesi simo kuwukudubula kwentsha engafi." Isikhathi siyimali, ngokoqobo, futhi impilo iguqulwa ibe umdlalo we-zero-sum.

Kodwa into ebalulekile leli zwe le-dystopian-nokulawula okuqinile kwesibalo sabantu ukuvimbela ukuminyana, kanye nokungalingani kwezomnotho nokuphila isikhathi eside (okungaphezu kwalokho okukhona kakade namuhla) -iphutha ukuthi ubuchwepheshe bokunwetshwa kwempilo ngeke busetshenziswe njengeziswebhu ezandleni. kwabacebileyo ukuthobisa abampofu. Iphi imali kulokho? Ukuphila isikhathi eside okunamandla kuyinto engenzeka imboni yezigidigidi zamadola.Kuzintshisakalo zawo wonke umuntu ukuthi izandisi zempilo zifinyeleleke kuwo wonke umuntu. Kungase kube nokuphazamiseka okuthile komphakathi endleleni, kodwa izandisi zokuphila zizogcina zehle ezigabeni zezenhlalo nezomnotho, njenganoma yimuphi omunye ucezu lobuchwepheshe. 

Lokho akusho ukuthi ukukhathazeka ngokuthi ukuphila isikhathi eside kuzowuthinta kanjani umphakathi wethu akuvumelekile. Ukuphila isikhathi eside kuphakamisa imibuzo eminingana ebalulekile yenqubomgomo yokuthi abantu abaphila isikhathi eside bazowuthinta kanjani umnotho, kanjani futhi yiziphi izinsizakalo zezenhlalakahle ezizohlinzekwa, ukuthi amalungelo nezibopho zilinganiswa kanjani phakathi kwezizukulwane eziningi emsebenzini nasemphakathini wonkana. 

Ikusasa lisezandleni zethu

Mhlawumbe uhlangothi olumnyama lokuphila isikhathi eside olunzima kakhulu emicabangweni yabantu: i-transhumanism, ukungafi, ukubikezelwa kwe-cyberization yohlobo lomuntu, lapho ukuphila kuguqulwa khona kakhulu futhi kuguqulwe engxenyeni yokugcina yaleli khulu leminyaka. 

Okuseduze ekubhekeni kwethu izithembiso zokwelashwa ngofuzo kanye ne-eugenics. Sonke sijwayelene nenkulumo yobuchwepheshe obungenazifo, obuphezulu izingane zomklami, ukukhathazeka kwethu ngezinqubo ze-eugenic, futhi uhulumeni uphendule ngendlela efanele. Njengamanje eCanada, ngaphansi kwe I-Assisted Human Reproduction Act, ngisho nokukhethwa kobulili kuvinjelwe ngaphandle uma kungokwezinjongo zokuvimbela, ukuxilonga noma ukwelapha ukuphazamiseka okuhlobene nobulili noma isifo. 

U-Sonia Arrison, umbhali kanye nomhlaziyi wazo zonke izinto ezihlobene nomthelela womphakathi wokuphila isikhathi eside komuntu, usiza ukubeka isayensi endaweni efanele lapho kuxoxwa nge-eugenics nempilo ende:

“Ziningi izindlela ezinhle kakhulu zokwandisa isikhathi sempilo ezingabandakanyi ukwethulwa kwezakhi zofuzo ezintsha. Sesikushilo lokho, ngicabanga ukuthi ikhono lokushintsha ikhodi yethu yebhayoloji liletha izinkinga ezingathi sína umphakathi okuzodingeka uzilungise eyodwa ngesikhathi. Umgomo kufanele kube impilo, hhayi isayensi yokuhlanya. ”

Khumbula ukuthi ayikho kule sayensi eyenzeka ngokuzumayo, kodwa ixhaswa futhi inikezwe umsebenzi wokwenza izimpilo zethu zibe ngcono. Isizukulwane seMillennial siyakhula nalokhu kuthuthuka kwesayensi futhi cishe sizoba abokuqala ukuzuza kakhulu kukho kanye nalabo abazonquma ukuthi yiluphi uhlobo lomthelela wobuchwepheshe obandisa impilo obuyoba nawo emphakathini wethu.

Ukuqamba okusha kwezamasiko nezobuchwepheshe

Njengoba inani labantu asebekhulile kakade kanye nezingane ezikhulayo zifinyelela iminyaka yokuthatha umhlalaphansi eminyakeni eyishumi, izizwe zanamuhla zinenkinga yokuthi zingabhekana kanjani noshintsho esikhathini sokuphila. Njengoba abantu beqala ukuphila izimpilo ezinde, izibalo zabantu ziyashintshashintsha kangangokuthi abantu abadala, izizukulwane ezingasebenzi zidala ukudonsa kanzima emnothweni, kuyilapho amandla eqiniswa kosopolitiki nochwepheshe abakhulile, abancane, emphakathini nasemphakathini. izimboni ezizimele, ezingazi sibheke phansi uma kubhekwana nezinkinga zomphakathi wamanje. Abantu abadala sebekhulile, abakwazi ukuqonda ukushintsha kobuchwepheshe. Ziphelelwe yisikhathi, njengoba i-stereotype ihamba. Nami nganginezinkathazo. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi impucuko ikhona, imibono yamasiko iye yasakazwa ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane futhi ukufa kwakuyindlela engokwemvelo yokuvumela isizukulwane esisha sakhe esidala.

NjengoBrad Allenby, uprofesa wobunjiniyela obuqhubekayo e-Arizona State University uyayifaka, ebhalela ibhulogi ye-Future Tense ka-Slate: “Intsha nentsha izovinjwa, ivinjwe ekwakhiweni kwamafomu amasha olwazi nasekukhiqizeni amasiko, izikhungo, nezomnotho. Futhi lapho ukufa kwakuvame ukususa inkumbulo, ngimi lapho ... iminyaka engu-150. Umthelela wokuqanjwa kabusha kwezobuchwepheshe ungaba mkhulu kakhulu.” 

Abantu abaphila izimpilo ezinde bangase bavimbe intuthuko yesikhathi esizayo uma isizukulwane esidala sehluleka ukufiphala sibe mnyama futhi sihlale sidlala. Inqubekelaphambili yomphakathi izoma. Imibono eyisidala nephelelwe yisikhathi, izinqubo nezinqubomgomo zizokhungathekisa izimpawu ezintsha.

Ngokuka-Arrison, nokho, lokhu kukhathazeka kusekelwe ekucabangeleni okungamanga. "Eqinisweni, ukuqamba okusha kuvame ukukhuphuka lapho ngineminyaka engama-40 bese kuthanda ukwehla ukusuka lapho (ngaphandle kwezibalo kanye nezokusubatha ezifike kuqala)," ungitshele engxoxweni yethu. “Abanye abantu bacabanga ukuthi okwenza ukuthi kwehle ngemuva kweminyaka engu-40 yingoba yilapho impilo yabantu isiqala ukuba nzima. Uma abantu bengahlala benempilo isikhathi eside, singabona izinto ezintsha ziqhubeka ngemuva kweminyaka engama-40, okungazuzisa umphakathi. ”

Ukudluliswa kwemibono akukona uhlangothi olulodwa, kanti izizukulwane ezintsha, ezincane zifunda kwabadala bese ziyibekela eceleni. Uma kubhekwa ukuthi imikhakha yesayensi nobuchwepheshe iba inkimbinkimbi nolwazi oluningi kangakanani, ekubeni nabantu abanolwazi, abanolwazi isikhathi eside kakhulu kuyisibusiso kunokuba ibhasi.

“Enye into okufanele siyikhumbule,” kwenezela u-Arrison, “ukuthi siwumphakathi silahlekelwa kangakanani lapho kushona umuntu ofunde kahle futhi ocabangayo - kufana nokulahlekelwa i-encyclopedia okudingeka iphinde yakhelwe kwabanye abantu.”

Ukukhathazeka ngokukhiqiza

Nokho, kunokukhathazeka kwangempela ngokukhiqiza komnotho kanye nokuntenga ezindaweni zokusebenza. Abasebenzi asebekhulile bakhathazekile ngokuphila isikhathi eside emalini abongele umhlalaphansi futhi bangase bayeke ukuthatha umhlalaphansi kuze kube kamuva ekuphileni, ngaleyo ndlela bahlale kubasebenzi isikhathi eside. Lokhu kuzoholela ekwandeni kokuncintisana kwemisebenzi phakathi komakadebona abanolwazi nabazimisele ngokusebenza abaneziqu.

Kakade, abantu abadala abasebasha kufanele bathole imfundo eyengeziwe nokuqeqeshwa ukuze bancintisane emakethe yemisebenzi, kuhlanganise neyakamuva ukwanda kwama-internship angakhokhelwa. Ngokusuka kokuhlangenwe nakho kwakho njengomuntu osemusha oqeqeshiwe, ukufuna umsebenzi kunzima kule makethe enokuncintisana okukhulu lapho imisebenzi ingatholakali khona njengakuqala.

“Ukutholakala kwemisebenzi yinto ekhathazayo ngempela, futhi yinto okumele abaholi nabakhi benqubomgomo bayinake,” kusho u-Arrison. “Into eyodwa okufanele icatshangelwe ukuthi, noma ngabe inempilo, ama-boomers angase angafuni ukusebenza ngokugcwele ukuze avule isikhala emakethe. Enye into okufanele icatshangelwe ukuthi abantu abadala bavame ukubiza kakhulu kunabantu abasha ekukhokheleni, ngakho lokho kunikeza inzuzo kubantu abasha (abancishwe amathuba ngenxa yokuntula kwabo ulwazi ne-rolodex).”

Khumbula, ukukhathazeka ngeminyaka kusebenza ngazo zombili izindlela. I-Silicon Valley, isizinda sokuqanjwa kabusha kwezobuchwepheshe, ibhekene nomlilo wakamuva wokucwaswa ngokweminyaka, inkinga abangase bazimisele ukuyixazulula noma abangazimisele ukuyixazulula. Ukukhishwa kwemibiko ehlukahlukene evela ezinkampanini ezinkulu zobuchwepheshe kucishe kufane futhi, ngokusolisayo, akuzange kukhulunywe ngeminyaka noma iyiphi incazelo yokuthi kungani iminyaka ingafakwanga. 

Ngiyazibuza ukuthi ngabe inhlangano yentsha nomgubho ikhono lentsha lokusungula izinto ezintsha yini ngaphandle kokuthanda iminyaka. Lokho kungaba yishwa. Kokubili intsha nomakadebona banezinto ezibalulekile abangaba nesandla kulo mhlaba wethu oshintsha njalo.

Ukuhlelela ikusasa

Sihlela izimpilo zethu ngokusekelwe kulokho esikwaziyo, yiziphi izinketho zokusekela ezitholakalayo nokuthi yini esibikezela ukuthi izinketho zethu zesikhathi esizayo zizoba yini. Kochwepheshe abasebasha, lokhu kusho ukuthembela kubazali bethu isikhathi eside ukuze bathole ukusekelwa kuyilapho siphishekela imfundo futhi sithatha iziqinisekiso, ukubambezeleka komshado nokukhulisa izingane ukuze sizitholele thina emisebenzini yethu. Lokhu kuziphatha kungase kubonakale kuyinqaba kubazali bethu (Ngiyazi ukuthi kungokwami; umama wayesanda kweva eminyakeni engamashumi amabili lapho enami futhi uyangihleka usulu ngokuthi angihleli ngiqala umndeni kuze kube yilapho ngiqala iminyaka engamashumi amathathu).

Kodwa akusona neze isimanga, ukuthatha izinqumo ngobuqotho. Cabanga ngalokhu ukwelula ebusheni obusha umsebenzi wokuthuthuka komphakathi. Ukuthuthuka kwezesayensi nezobuchwepheshe kuphila ukuphila okude ngokuyinkimbinkimbi. Izindleko ezihlobene zokuthenga umuzi nokukhulisa ingane ziyanda futhi kuzoba nabanakekeli abaningi abangase babe khona lapho abakwaMillenials sebeqala imindeni yabo. 

Umphakathi usuvele uvumelana nezimo futhi ukuphila isikhathi eside kusinika ukuguquguquka okwengeziwe endleleni esiphila ngayo. Kufanele siqale ukucubungula imithelela lapho u-80 eba ama-40 amasha, ama-40 eba ama-20, ama-20 amasha abe yi-10 entsha (ukudlala nje, kodwa uthola i-drift yami), futhi ulungise ngokufanele. Masilule ubuntwana, sinikeze isikhathi esengeziwe sokuhlola nokudlala, sigxile ekuthuthukiseni isithakazelo ekuphileni futhi sikhiqize amathuba engeziwe okufunda nokujabulela lokho okubalulekile kithi. Yehlisa umjaho wamagundane.

Phela, uma sifisa ukufinyelela ezingeni lapho abantu (ngokoqobo) bengaphila phakade, asifuni ukucikeka! Uma siqala ukuphila izimpilo ezinde futhi sihlale eduze nempilo ephelele kuze kube yiminyaka eyi-100, akukho phuzu lokulayisha phambili injabulo bese siwela ekucindezelekeni lapho sithatha umhlalaphansi.

Njengombhali uGemma Malley ubhala, kanye ne-Future Tense: “Isizathu sokuthi [asebethathe umhlalaphansi] bacindezeleke kungenxa yokuthi lapho usuthathe umhlalaphansi, kulula ukuzizwa sengathi awusenalutho ongaluphilela, awusenanjongo, awunakusukumela phezulu, awunasizathu ngisho sokuthola. egqokile. Ngamafuphi nje, banesizungu.” 

Umuzwa wokuphuthuma esiwuzwa ezimpilweni zethu, ukusebenza, ukuthanda, ukukhulisa umndeni, ukuthola impumelelo nokuphishekela izinkanuko zethu, sibamba amathuba ngoba lingase lingabi khona elinye ithuba. Uphila kanye kuphela, njengoba kusho isisho. Ukufa kwethu kusinikeza incazelo, okusiqhubayo yiqiniso lokuthi akukho okuhlala phakade. Kusho ukuthini lokho ukuthi isithukuthezi nokucindezeleka kuwumsebenzi lapho leyo mingcele ibekwe khona, kunokuba siphile isikhathi eside kangakanani. Uma ukuphila kwethu kuphindwe kabili kusukela ku-80 kuya ku-160, akekho ongafuna ukuchitha ingxenye yesibili yokuphila kwakhe esethathe umhlalaphansi, ehlala esihlanzweni esingokoqobo elindele ukufa. Lokho kungaba ukuhlukunyezwa (ikakhulukazi eziboshweni ezigwetshwe udilikajele ngaphandle koshwele). Kodwa, uma imingcele yeluliwe phakathi kokuzalwa nokufa, inganqunywa iminyaka enqunyiwe, ukulahlekelwa incazelo kuba yinto encane yokukhathazeka.

Ngokubona kuka-Arrison, ngeke sazi “iminyaka engakanani isithukuthezi esizoyenza size sifike lapho (lapho iminyaka yokuphila iyiminyaka engu-43, umuntu wayengase aphikise ngokuthi ukuphila iminyaka engu-80 kungadala inkinga yesithukuthezi kanti akunjalo).” Kufanele ngivume. Umphakathi udinga ukuguquka futhi kufanele sivumelanise isimo sethu sengqondo ukuze, kuzo zonke izigaba zokuphila, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi mangaki amashumi eminyaka engeziwe abantu abaphila esikhathini esizayo kunamanje, siyobe siphendule ngendlela yokuthi azohlala ekhona amathuba okuthola usizo. ubudlelwano emhlabeni.

Ukuhlala endaweni engaziwa

Ukuphila okude okuqinile kugcwele okungaziwa nokungahambisani: ukuphila isikhathi eside kuzosenza siphuke, ukuphila isikhathi eside kuletha izinzuzo zezomnotho; mhlawumbe ukuphila isikhathi eside kuzothuthukisa ukugudluka ekusetshenzisweni kwemali ukuya emnothweni okonga; kusho ukuthi ukuqhuma kwemindeni yenuzi, izindaba zothando zekhulunyaka, ubunzima bomhlalaphansi; ageism kanye nokucwasa ngokobulili njengoba abadala nabo bayafisa ukuba nakho konke. Kodwa sikhuluma ngakho, yilokho okubalulekile. Ziningi izici okufanele zicatshangelwe kanye nezinkinga okufanele zixazululwe.

Ikusasa lithembisa ukuphila okude, okungcono, okucebile. Kungenzeka ukuthi esikhathini esingaphansi kwengxenye yekhulu leminyaka, phakathi kokwandisa izakhi zofuzo, i-nanotechnology yezokwelapha, nemithi yokugoma emikhulu, ukuguga ngeke kusanikezwa, kuzoba inketho. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yini ezokwenzeka, uma lelo kusasa lifika, sizobe sibonga ukuphila kwethu kwangaphambili ababekunakile.

Ngisho noma singakwazi ukubikezela ikusasa ngokuphelele, into eyodwa eqinisekile.

Sizobe silungile.