Seb,
I enjoyed reading your take on the possibilities for the year 2074. you did a fantastic job of answering the points of the prompt and eliciting a feeling of decadence. It certainly sounds like a festival I would like to attend.
Your post touched a lot on increased surveillance and issues relating to climate change and resource conflict. Although my prompt was different, I opted to include these elements as well. With the advances in technology, I think as a society we are all concerned about the level of control and surveillance now possible as so much of our lives relies on technology.
Your prompt was a little tricky in that it asked you to touched on ‘issues related to drones’ but to convey a feeling of ‘decadence’… you did a great job of navigating these juxtaposing ideas. I’d be curious to hear your thoughts on other ways that drones may impact our lives in the future, both positively and negatively. I live in a downtown apartment and I saw a drone flying back and forth between all the buildings recently. I felt that this was a huge invasion of privacy, but also thought about how helpless I was to do anything about it. There’s no chasing down a drone and reporting it seemed pointless. In some parts of the world drone food deliveries are becoming common, but the thought of drones flying around en masse feels invasive.
Great job on the narrative.
– Katy