Will we take a liberal approach to the adoption of technology or a more conservative one? With Tokyo as the setting, an NTU team representing Singapore played these two plausible scenarios out to win Shell’s Imagine the Future Scenarios Competition. The narratives, which present how we would live, work and play in 2050, were derived from issues that the developed world is facing, including an ageing society, increasing land constraints and income inequality. Watching these storylines unfold could help us make better choices for a sustainable future.

This story was published in the Aug-Sep 2020 issue of HEY!. To read it and other stories from this issue in print, click here.