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Back From The Future

  • BFTF74 week 44

    #74 – GRUMPY BILLIONAIRS AND FRIENDLY ROYALTY

    I recently read an article about how grumpy billionaires have become. The men who used to boast about the length of their superyachts and how far their private jet, or jets, could fly. They are actually becoming the laughingstock of society instead of shining examples for hardworking young people. Young [...]

  • PHOTO THURSDAY.07.16

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    Oct

    #73 – NATURE’S BIG CONSPIRACY.

    I'm going to get another shot. A Covid vaccination. Don't know if it really helps or not, but I figure: what doesn't freeze can't thaw. Yes, I think that's a [...]

  • IMAGE MONDAY

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    Oct

    #72 — WHO OWNS A CURE?

    A few years ago, a professor wanted to tell me about a great injustice. He had been screwed by his employer, a large university hospital, and by a pharmaceutical company. [...]

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    Oct

    #71 – A RATHER UNUSUAL THEORY

    I'm not exactly a law-abiding citizen. If there's no traffic coming, I cross on red. On my bike too. And if a road is completely empty, I find it hard [...]

  • Selfie bij het Internationaal Strafhof 1

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    Oct

    #70 – ABOVE THE LAW?

    Somewhere in 1983, I was standing with a camera crew in a valley on the border between Iraq and Iran. It was just before Christmas and raining. A cold, wet [...]

  • BFTF Thursday wk 41

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    Oct

    #69 – OLD IDEAS THAT CAN SAVE US

    It was sometime in the fall of 1969. I was standing somewhere in Amsterdam, where I went to school at the time, handing out leaflets. We were campaigning for the [...]

  • BFTF MONDAY WK41

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    Oct

    #68 – INDIANS NO COWBOYS

    It was sometime in the fall of 1969. I was standing somewhere in Amsterdam, where I went to school at the time, handing out leaflets. We were campaigning for the [...]

The Only Possible Solution by Fons Burger
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The Only Possible Solution

More than a book, The Only Possible Solution is the foundation of 2125.world: a hopeful vision of how humanity can shape a better future together.

2125 The Hibernator by Fons Burger
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2125 – The Hibernator

A man falls asleep in our time and wakes up in 2125. The world seems better in every way—but every perfect future hides its secrets. A thought-provoking thriller about the future we choose today.

Author Fons Burger
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Fons Burger

After a lifetime as a journalist, entrepreneur and author, Fons Burger launched 2125.world to inspire people to imagine—and help create—a world worth waking up in a century from now.