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<h1> The interactive story of Adam Juma </h1> The course of the interactive story of Adam Juma is not predetermined and is shaped by your decisions. The fictional story takes place in the near future. The author created the setting, the characters and the situations in which Adam finds himself. But you determine the course of the story! The story is about a 20-year-old boy with autism who lives in the year 2030 and whose life is strongly influenced by technologies that reduce his autistic limitations. For this story <b>YOU</b> are Adam Juma. <h4>[[START |Einstieg]]</h4>

<h2>1. Survey</h2>/*###################################################Instanzierung derVariablen###################################################*/\ <<set $frage1 to 0>>\ <<set _selectList = { "Please choose" : 0, "very critical" : 7, "critical" : 6, "rather critical" : 5, "neutral" : 4, "rather uncritical" : 3, "uncritical" : 2, "completely uncritical" : 1}>> \ Before we start the story, I ask you to answer <b>ALL</b> the questions below. <b>Question 1: </b><i>How do you consider your attitude to the topic "Human Enhancement"? </i> <<listbox "$frage1">> <<optionsfrom _selectList>> <</listbox>> <b>Question 2:</b> <i>If you had the opportunity to use Human Enhancements in your body, regardless of the security question, what would it be? How would you enhance your senses? </i> <<textarea "$frage2" "">> <b>Question 3:</b> <i>What do you think about the idea that people will have technology implanted in their body in the future and what are your concerns? </i> <<textarea "$frage3" "">> <b>Question 4:</b> <i>What do you think about cyborgs, people with built-in technology? </i> <<textarea "$frage4" "">> <b>Question 5:</b> <i>What is your attitude towards genetic manipulation? </i> <<textarea "$frage5" "">> <b>Question 6:</b> <i>How did you shape your opinion on the topic of "genetic manipulation"? </i> <<textarea "$frage6" "">> <h4>[[CONTINUE|Erzählung]]</h4>

<h2>Background of the Juma family</h2>You are born on April 12, 2010 in Zurich at the University Hospital. It is the same hospital where your mother Malaika Juma works. Malaika was 20 years old when she arrived in Switzerland from Tanzania. During her medical studies in Tanzania, she participated in a support program and, thanks to her strong performance, was granted an exchange year in Zurich. When she began her studies in Zurich in 2005, she met a young Swiss man. They married and Malaika was able to continue her medical studies in Zurich. Today she works as a recognized surgeon at the University Hospital of Zurich. Shortly after you were born, your father died in a car accident. It was the saddest day in Malaika's life. She decided to raise you alone, because she did not want to share the treasure left by her late husband with any other man. And as if a single surgeon didn't have enough to keep her up at night, you were diagnosed with autism at the age of five. Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are disorders of perception and perception processing. This proves to be a profound developmental disorder that is congenital and not curable. Profound disorders are characterized by qualitative deviations in mutual social interactions and communication patterns and by a limited, stereotypical, repetitive repertoire of interests and activities. These qualitative abnormalities are a basic functional characteristic of the affected child in all situations. The composition of ASD can vary greatly from person to person. Your clinical picture shows the following symptoms: <ul> <li>problems in reading the emotions of people</li> <li><Difficulties with understanding gestures and body language</li> <li><Difficulties with understanding sarcasm </li> <li> He finds it unpleasant to look people in the eyes</li> <li>Social Fear</li> <li>savant syndrome: exceptional mathematical talent </li> </ul> <h4>[[CONTINUE|Szene 1 - Beschreibung Adam]]</h4>

<h1>2030</h1>Today is Monday, February 4, 2030 and the world looks a bit different than before. The Swiss population now comprises about eleven million people. This number is much higher than the Federal Statistical Office estimated at that time. The unexpectedly high population growth is mainly due to technological breakthroughs. With the help of technological advances, it has been possible to reduce human mortality. Here are some examples: <ul> <li> Today, autonomous driving means that far fewer people die in traffic accidents.</li> <li>In addition, developments in medical technology mean that organs can be produced using 3D printers. These are used to replace damaged organs in the human body. In addition, nanosensors attached to each organ transmit data to a computing system that uses algorithms to analyze the functionality of the organ implants. With this monitoring system, anomalies and risks in the human body, such as tumors, can be detected faster and fought more successfully.</li> <li>Genetic engineering has also evolved and today offers treatments that significantly slow down aging. People generally live longer and have fewer health problems. The average life expectancy is 120 years (women and men).</li></ul>The population would be even higher if they did not greatly reduce the outbreaks of pandemics. Due to the growing population, living space is becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. Cities like Zurich and Geneva are building skyscrapers to meet the growing demand for real estate. You are now 20 years old and live in a studio apartment at Hardbrücke in Zurich. You completed your Bachelor's degree in mathematics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) last September. You have been working at Google as a trainee for a few weeks now to gain first experiences in the working world. <h4>[[CONTINUE|Szene 2 - Morgen Routine]]</h4>

<h2>06:00</h2>As the daily routine is an important basis for you, you get up at 6:00 a.m. every day. When the alarm clock rings, your blinds open automatically and illuminate the dark apartment. You have deliberately set this so that you have no chance of oversleeping. Ten minutes later the coffee machine receives the command to brew a cappuccino. You need just as long to shower and get dressed. When you enter the bathroom, the light and sound system are automatically activated. After exactly ten minutes, you go to the kitchen and pulls out a finished muesli from the refrigerator. You take your freshly brewed, warm cappuccino and sits down at his dining table. Meanwhile, the sound system begins playing a twenty-minute sound therapy session to help you overcome your fear of social interaction. With the help of sound, affected brain regions are specifically stimulated. At the same time it is a kind of meditation that gives you support in your daily chaos. Throughout the entire therapy you listen attentively and keep your eyes closed. You have briefly dozed off again. This happens sometimes. When your bracelet starts to vibrate, you wake up again and notice that you are now a little late. The bracelet has noticed your delay because the time does not match your geographical location. The bracelet knows that you should be somewhere else at this time, namely on the way to work. You quickly grab your backpack and racing bike and set off. With a short touch between doorknob and bracelet you lock the apartment door. <h4>[[CONTINUE|Szene 3 - Adam vergisst Kopfhörer]]</h4>

<h2>A day without headphones</h2>Out on the streets there are many other cyclists. With increasing population growth and traffic, Zurich was officially converted into a bicycle city in 2025. In 2021, the city of Zurich adopted the initiative to make the streets safer for cyclists and introduced exclusive bicycle lanes, similar to Copenhagen. Arriving at the office, you notice that you have forgotten your headphones. You are very angry about this, as it is the second time this month. When you enter your open-plan office with a gloomy expression on your face, you are noticed by your colleague Karl. You and Karl would never admit it publicly, but you are constantly in competition with each other. On bad days you despise each other, and on good days you are grateful that you motivate each other. Of course, Karl does not leave your gloomy face uncommented. "What's with the face, Adam?" When you realize that your inner restlessness had reached the outside and was noticed by Karl, you pause briefly. You are attacked by the fear of appearing unprofessional by showing vulnerability. So you put on a smile, reply "Good morning, Karl!" and walk in a quick march to your work area. Karl thinks you are a funny person and you often express this with an irritated shake of your head and a spoiled face. You are not an impulsive, but a calm person. And the reason for your annoyance is legitimate in that you need your headphones to get through your everyday life. They are not the usual headphones that boys his age use to make phone calls or listen to music. These headphones are equipped with artificial intelligence and help autistic people to understand sarcasm and human emotions. This works in the following way: First, what is heard is sent to the cloud via a sensor in the headphones and converted into digital values that a computer can process. An algorithm assigns the digital values to predefined categories. Here's an example: Two work colleagues gossip about the department head and Adam listens in with his headphones. Words are pronounced like "boss", "incompetent", "annoying", "phallus complex", "bad", "insecure", "slave driver" etc. These words are assigned to the category "dislike". The object is "boss". If someone in this conversation makes an unexpectedly positive remark about the boss that does not fit into the overall context, it is assigned to the category "sarcasm". You have set your headphones to play a soft, high-pitched tone in the background when sarcasm is present, so that you will notice it. Although you completed numerous behavioral therapy trainings with your mother as a child, which brought you closer to social and societal customs, you kept forgetting them and at some point you no longer felt like it. For many autistic people, social customs and many aspects of social interaction are not intuitive as they are for non-autistic people. And since these patterns of behavior are not intuitive, they must be learned. You can think of it as learning a foreign language or instrument; if you do not practice regularly, you will forget. But just as many non-autistic people don't have time to learn a new language, you simply have little time in your daily life to do these therapies. That is why you rely on your headphones. Even though you have to admit to yourself that these do not often work reliably. What you constantly wear is your Smart Glasses, which help you to understand human emotions through the analysis of facial expressions. This is also controlled by algorithms and works similar to the autistic headphones. Out of habit, you wear them all the time, sometimes even when you sleep. It works best together with your headphones. These two devices help you to survive everyday life and communicate adequately, which makes you a part of society. In spite of the technological support, you have to concentrate strongly in the exchange with other people. As mentioned above your software does not work properly. Therefore you find such social gatherings exhausting and tedious. It has happened several times that you have misplaced your headphones somewhere or left them at home. On such days you hide behind your work and avoids any social interaction. Today, however, it is particularly inconvenient, if not impossible, to withdraw, since a work colleague has her last day at work and she has planned a farewell aperitif with everyone from the department. Everyone was looking forward to spending a fun short evening together with delicious snacks and free alcohol, even you. But the joy fades when you think that this meeting, without your headphones, could turn into a disaster. You will certainly not understand the jokes and will be tense all evening. Above all, you will not be able to understand Karl's sarcastic remarks and this will make you look bad. You do not want to lose to that slimy Karl. You could have just gone to get your headphones before the aperitif, but there was no time for that today. Your diary has been full of meetings and now after work it's too late for that. The clock strikes 17.00 and the colleagues get ready for the aperitif in the break room. You don't know whether you should think of an excuse and go home or whether you should stay despite your difficult situation to drink a toast with your colleagues. What do you do in this situation?<h4>[[I pretend to have a strong headache and go home|Szene 4 - Adam sagt Apéro ab und geht nach Hause][$decision1 to "szene4"]] </h4> <h4>[[I take a chance and join the aperitif|Szene 5 - Adam ohne Kopfhörer am Apéro][$decision1 to "szene5"]] </h4>

<h2> Aperitif</h2>The aperitif starts with small bilateral conversations that lead to increasingly large group conversations. Finally, two groups have been formed, each of which discusses one topic. In the group that you joined by chance, an interested colleague reports on the latest developments you are currently working on. This is the "Internet for everyone" project, in which Google and Facebook have decided to work together in 2025. This project is about using satellites to provide Internet access all over the world. After all, by 2020 only half the world had access to the World Wide Web. As your colleagues continue, you wander your thoughts: "In these conversations, almost everyone is trying to communicate in some way. It's important to find a balance in which I don't communicate too much or too little so that you're not labeled as extroverted or introverted. Also, I must not exaggerate too much with the constant nodding and verbal agreement, otherwise it will look artificial. Wait a minute, why is everyone laughing now? I didn't get that joke. I'll smile, maybe I won't stand out." You are glad that you got through the evening without any big embarrassing moments. But you keep asking yourself whether your answers were appropriate in certain situations. On the way home, you play over and over again in your head the conversations you took part in. You get a queasy feeling when you think about having embarrassed yourself in some way. When you arrive in your smarthome, the sound system automatically plays one of your favorite songs. Your wristband sent a signal to Spotify as soon as you entered the apartment to play music that you like and cheers you up. The intelligent bracelet can measure the stress level in the body. When critical levels are reached, the bracelet sends a signal to Spotify to play preselected playlists. Spotify achieved this breakthrough in 2027 and the smart bracelet is a Google product. Cooperations between powerful companies are no longer a rarity. In 2025, the largest global companies such as Google, Amazon, Apple and Spotify agreed to collaborate in the spirit of innovation, each specializing in certain areas of technology. Plagued by an uncomfortable feeling, you sit down in front of your computer and surf the Internet. You want to find a better solution to your headphone problem, with the aim of avoiding such incidents in the future. <h4> [[ CONTINUE|Szene 6 - Internetrecherche Kopfhörer]]</h4>

<h2>Home </h2>On the way home you feel bad. You have the feeling that you have disappointed everyone. Arriving home and plagued by the uncomfortable feeling, you sit down in front of your computer and surf the Internet. You want to find a better solution for your headphone problem, with the aim of avoiding such incidents in the future. Your bracelet sends a signal to Spotify to play music that you like. The intelligent bracelet can measure the stress level in the body. When critical levels are reached, the bracelet sends a signal to Spotify to play pre-selected playlists that are encouraging. Spotify achieved this breakthrough in 2027 and the smart bracelet is a Google product. Cooperations between powerful companies are no longer a rarity. In 2025, the largest global companies such as Google, Amazon, Apple and Spotify agreed to collaborate in the spirit of innovation, each specializing in certain areas of technology. <h4> [[ CONTINUE|Szene 6 - Internetrecherche Kopfhörer]] </h4>

<h2> hearing implants </h2> You decide to buy the hearing implants. For this purpose you make an appointment with a private clinic specializing mainly in technological implants. You take the Friday afternoon off for this. Arriving at the clinic, a lady welcomes you and leads you to the treatment room. The small operation goes well and you can go home the same day. On most Friday evenings you visit your mother Malaika. This is also the case today. At home with your mother, who lives in Männedorf, you are warmly welcomed by her. Still in your shoes, Malaika begins to ask you questions about your well-being. As a medical guru, she conducts a detailed survey with you to get your answers. She knows that questions like "How are you?" rarely lead to answers that meet her expectations. You are used to your mother's behavior for a long time and answers all her questions in a relaxed manner. You ask your mother to test the headphones with you. You instruct her to inject obvious and less obvious remarks into the conversation during dinner to see if you get them all. Malaika loves to be silly with you and agrees immediately. The implant test proves to be extremely entertaining and a complete success. Time passes and you and your mother enjoy a great evening. <h4>[[You make your way home |Szene 9b - Dating App]] </h4>

<h2>Netflix</h2>After you have spent almost half an hour walking through the virtual Netflix library, you finally decide to watch a documentary about transhumanism. When the documentary is over, you begin to reflect on the information you has just received. During this process you have a conversation with Sirexa about transhumanism. Sirexa is the successor of Siri and Alexa, which was created through the collaboration between Amazon and Apple. During the last years Sirexa became a competent interlocutor with the help of developed algorithms. Adam asks her about existing transhumanistic technologies. Sirexa responds with a list of human enhancement devices that she displays on the television screen. Among them are the already known hearing implants and a smart lens. This makes you think again whether or not you should get the hearing implant. <h4>[[ I decide to buy the hearing implants |Szene 7 - Ja zu Gehörimplantaten & zuhause bei Mutter][$decision3 to "szene7"]]</h4> <h4>[[I discard hearing implants|Szene 11 - Nein zu Gehörimplantate & zuhause bei Mutter][$decision3 to "szene11"]]</h4>

<h2> hearing implants? </h2> At first you don't find anything on the web that could solve your problem. Then you come across an article about the latest developments in autism headphones. The further developed headphones can now be used as hearing implants. The article lists clinics that offer these hearing implants. One of them is at the Bahnhofstrasse in Zurich. You are considering whether you should have such a hearing implant inserted. Then a pop-up window appears with the text "The tragic consequences of the transhumanist movement". You click it away immediately. <h4>[[ I decide to buy the hearing implants |Szene 7 - Ja zu Gehörimplantaten & zuhause bei Mutter][$decision2 to "szene7"]] </h4> <h4> [[ I close the page and watches a movie on Netflix |Szene 8 - entscheidet sich nicht, schaut Netflix][$decision2 to "szene8"]] </h4>

<h2> RealMatch </h2> When you arrive home it is already 10.00 pm. You decide to go straight to bed. Before falling asleep you pull out your smartphone and open the dating app "RealMatch". With the technological progress of the last decade, a new form of dating apps has emerged, which tracks and analyzes the digital behavior of a person. Based on this and personal data, such as education, goals in life, relationship requirements and appearance, automatic matches are generated. The persons can then decide whether they want to meet the match or whether it should be deleted. Alternative classic dating apps remain and are used by those who do not trust the algorithm of "RealMatch". You open the app because you were notified about a new match. You write to the young lady named Sarah and you arrange to have dinner on Monday. The fact that it is the first day of the week provides a good excuse to say goodbye to a date early in case things don't go well. You could say that you are still completely exhausted from the weekend and have to get up early the next morning for work. This way you could say goodbye to a date early without getting into a confrontation with your dating partner. You now go to sleep, touching your bracelet to turn off the lights and play a falling asleep meditation on Spotify. <h4> [[ It is Monday night and Adam is on his way to his date|Szene 10 - Date Night & defekte Gehörimplantate]] </h4>

<h2> Friday evening in Männedorf </h2> It is Friday evening and like every Friday you visit your mother Malaika at home in Männedorf. When you arrive at your mother's home, you are warmly welcomed by her. Still in your shoes, Malaika starts to ask you questions about your well-being. As a medical guru she conducts a detailed survey with you to get your answers. She knows that questions like "How are you?" rarely lead to answers that meet her expectations. During their exchange, you prepare dinner together. You have a very pleasant and entertaining time together. You feel very much at home with your mother. She is an intelligent, athletic, loving, caring and entertaining person and loves to talk about her everyday life as a surgeon, which you find extremely exciting. <h4> [[you set off for home |Szene 9a - Dating App ohne Implantate]] </h4>

<h2> Date Night </h2> As you set off for your date, a queasy feeling overcomes you. You are nervous and worried about communication complications that could arise due to your autistic limitations. You don't want to embarrass yourself. Although you trust your technical helpers, you know that they do not always work reliably. The reason for this lies in the varying conversational patterns of the respective conversation partners. The algorithm needs some time with new conversation partners before it has collected enough data about their conversation patterns to be able to interpret them correctly. Depending on the complexity of the speech, the time the algorithm takes to get used to the new conversational patterns can vary between ten minutes and one hour. On first dates you usually do not have much time to make a good first impression. But that's where your good looks come in handy most of the time. Two hours later, the date goes surprisingly well. You and Sarah are no longer nervous and exchange their ideologies and hobbies intensively. You told Sarah early on that you have autism and told her about your talent, your limitations and challenges in everyday life. Your autism does not seem to bother Sarah at all. She has a great sense of humor and a direct and honest manner. She works as a nurse at the Cantonal Hospital and loves her job. Unlike in the past, her nursing work is highly regarded and is rewarded accordingly. In order to prepare for the aging population and the forthcoming digitalization, the federal government invested large sums in the training of nursing professionals in 2024. Since then, the entire training of nurses has been subsidized by the federal government. In addition, all students receive a monthly salary of CHF 2,000 and a room on the campus of the respective educational institution. You are very impressed by Sarah and admire her a little. While Sarah talks about her trip to Asia, she notices how you suddenly convulsively pull your face and cover your ears. You bend forward and seem to feel great pain, as if your skull is about to burst. Sarah gets up from her chair in shock and asks you what is wrong with you and how she can help you. You just manage to form a sentence: "My hearing implants are unbearably loud! Please take me to the university hospital, my mother works there." Sarah orders an autonomous vehicle and you drive together to the university hospital. When you arrive there, Malaika is already waiting for you and you are immediately sent to the emergency department, where a specialist removes your hearing implants. Shortly after the operation you feel much better. You still have some headaches, but you are responsive again and first of all you thank Sarah for her care. You explain to her and Malaika, who were waiting for you in front of the surgery room, that deep inside your ears there was a very loud noise, like a very loud tinnitus. The doctor explained to you that this was a fault with this series of implants and suggested another model that had a very good consumer rating. <h4> [[ I decide on the new model and has it implanted|Szene 12 - neue Gehörimplantate][$decision4 to "szene12"]] </h4> <h4>[[ I don't care about implants anymore and lets himself be driven home|Szene 13 - keine neuen Gehörimplantate, Schlussmachen][$decision4 to "szene13"]] </h4>

<H2>The new girlfriend/h2>It has been three months now and you are very happy with the new hearing implants. Your everyday life seems to be a bit more carefree than before. The new hearing implants receive a monthly automatic update, which among other things improves the algorithm. Sarah has now become a steady girlfriend and you meet her often. But not on Saturdays, because Saturday evening has always been reserved for your school friends. The boys meet weekly for dinner, always in the same restaurant, and then go to a bar. You feel that you have arrived in society and knows that you owe this to your hearing implants. <h4> [[CONTINUE |Szene 16 - Zeitabschnitt 2035 mit Gehörimplantate & Smart-Linsen]] </h4>

<h2>The new girlfriend </h2>You decide not to get new hearing implants. You continue to go through life as before the hearing implants. Sarah has become a steady friend and they meet often. But not on Saturdays, because Saturday evening has always been reserved for your school friends. There you meet them weekly for dinner, always in the same restaurant, and then go to a bar. Although you would never admit this to others, and especially to Sarah, you feel a lack of self-esteem when Sarah gives her attention to other men. You constantly compare yourself to "normal men" and seem jealous when Sarah talks to them. You have had some arguments about this. Sarah can no longer tolerate your behavior and after five months decides to break up with you. <h4> [[CONTINUE |Szene 17 - Zeitabschnitt 2035 ohne Gehörimplantate]] </h4>

<h2> RealMatch </h2> When you arrive home it is already 10.00 pm. You decide to go straight to bed. Before falling asleep you pull out your smartphone and open the dating app "RealMatch". With the technological progress of the last decade, a new form of dating apps has emerged, which tracks and analyzes the digital behavior of a person. Based on this and personal data, such as education, goals in life, relationship requirements and appearance, automatic matches are generated. The persons can then decide whether they want to meet the match or whether it should be deleted. Alternative classic dating apps remain and are used by those who do not trust the algorithm of "RealMatch". You open the app because you were notified about a new match. You write to the young lady named Sarah and you arrange to have dinner on Monday. The fact that it is the first day of the week provides a good excuse to say goodbye to a date early in case things don't go well. You could say that you are still completely exhausted from the weekend and have to get up early the next morning for work. This way you could say goodbye to a date early without getting into a confrontation with your dating partner. You now go to sleep, touching your bracelet to turn off the lights and play a falling asleep meditation on Spotify. <h4>[[ It is Monday night and you are on your way to your date|Szene 14 - Date Night ohne Gehörimplantate, Schlussmachen]]</h4>

<h2> 2035 </h2> It is Thursday, April 12, 2035 and today you celebrate your twenty-fifth birthday. Sarah surprises you with an after-work birthday party to which she has invited your mother and your closest friends. You appear cheerful and touched by the kind gesture of your loved ones. After your master's degree in quantum physics, you got a job at Google in the field of quantum computer development. The first milestone in this development area was set by Google in 2019 with the development of a chip called Sycamore. This chip was able to solve a highly complicated mathematical calculation, which would have taken 10,000 years to complete on the computers of the time, in three minutes and twenty seconds. This was considered a pioneering achievement at the time. It was also predicted that the technology would be ready for practical application in ten years. With a large number of qubits, quantum computers can crack almost all encryption algorithms available on the Web, which guarantee secure communication on the Internet. Today, 16 years later, the first prototypes of a quantum computer are in a highly secured building in the Hürlimann area and you are working there. To be more precise, you work in Internet security research. You and your team are trying to find a solution how to maintain web security despite the use of quantum computers. The software quality of hearing implants has improved so much that you can communicate with people better than ever before. You now want to take the next step and replace your smart contact lenses - you replaced them with your old glasses about three years ago - with implants. For this purpose you would like to have lenses implanted so that you can wear them permanently. Previous functions of smart lenses:<ul> <li> face recognition and analysis of emotions </li> <li> Fixation of a point on the face of the interlocutor in order to establish artificial eye contact </li></ul> Advanced functions of smart lens implants:<ul> <li> Fading in of information transmitted by the smart bracelet Those who have hearing and lens implants and control them with the smart bracelet no longer need smart phones. </li> <li> analysis of visual input like distance, height, mass, mathematical equations, temperature, zoom, night mode </li></ul> <h4>[[I decide for lens implants |Szene 18 - neue Linsenimplantate, Adam und Sarah zusammenziehen][$decision5 to "szene18"]] </h4> <h4>[[I discard lens implants |Szene 19 - keine Linsenimplantate, schwierige Arbeitssituation, Schluss machen mit Sarah][$decision5 to "szene19"]] </h4>

<h2> The new girlfriend </h2>Sarah became a steady girlfriend in the meantime and you meet her often. But not on Saturdays, because Saturday evening has always been reserved for his school friends. There the boys meet weekly for dinner, always in the same restaurant, and then go to a bar. Although you would never admit this to others, and especially to Sarah, you feel a lack of self-esteem when Sarah gives her attention to other men. You constantly compare yourself to "normal men" and seem jealous when Sarah talks to them. you had had some arguments about this. Sarah can no longer tolerate your behavior and after five months decides to break up with your. <h4>[[CONTINUE |Szene 17 - Zeitabschnitt 2035 ohne Gehörimplantate]] </h4>

<h2> 2035 </h2>It is Thursday, April 12, 2035 and today you celebrate your twenty-fifth birthday. You celebrate it with your friends in a bar. You are still single. Every now and then you have an affair, but nothing serious has ever come of it. You still wear your earphones and are frequently asked about it by women in the bar. Since you don't want to tell everyone your are autistic, you often say you are a little hard of hearing and the earphones help you. Most people respond to this answer by asking you why you don't have hearing implants. You reply that you are not a big fan of the transhumanist movement, so you stick to the classic human being. In the meantime many people, including non-autistic people, have had lens and hearing implants implanted. Adam's comment that he is not a friend of the transhumanist movement is perceived by some people as ignorant. His attitude can be compared to that of his smartphone opponents in the tens and twenties of the twenty-first century. What some people don't know, however, is that you are right to have some concerns about the use of data-driven and web-based technology. After completing your master's degree in quantum physics, you obtained a position at Google in the field of quantum computer development. The first milestone in this development area was set by Google in 2019 with the development of a chip called Sycamore. This chip was able to solve a highly complicated mathematical calculation, which would have taken 10,000 years to complete on computers of the time, in three minutes and twenty seconds. This was considered a pioneering achievement at the time. It was also predicted that the technology would be ready for practical application in ten years. With a large number of qubits, quantum computers can crack almost all encryption algorithms available on the Web, which guarantee secure communication on the Internet. Today, 16 years later, the first prototypes of a quantum computer are in a highly secured building in the Hürlimann area and Adam is working there. To be more precise, he works in Internet security research. He and his team are trying to find a solution how to maintain web security despite the use of quantum computers. Should the quantum computers fall into the wrong hands, it would have a disastrous effect on people. Especially for those who have been able to expand into cyborgs through the implants. Your defensive attitude towards "classical humanity" has the disadvantage that you are inferior to cyborgs due to his biological limitations. Because your colleagues on the research team have equipped themselves with implants and can access information in seconds, they are able to reach new dimensions of efficiency. You, on the other hand, uses the classic devices to access information on the Web. To keep up, you invest a lot of your free time in research and analysis. Therefore, you begin to neglect your social life. You often skip the traditional Saturday evenings with your friends and only rarely visit your mother. Getting together on your birthday reminded you again that you liked to spend your time with these people and that you missed them. At that moment, you receive a push notification on your smartphone about Apple's latest product to be launched tomorrow. It is a set of hearing implants, smart lens implants and a smart bracelet. Previous features of the smart lenses: <ul> <li> face recognition and analysis of emotions </li> <li> Fixing a point on the face of the interlocutor to create artificial eye contact </li> </ul>Enhanced functions of smart lens implants: <ul> <li> Display of information transmitted by the smart bracelet. Those who have hearing and lens implants and control them with the smart bracelet no longer need smart phones. </li> </ul> <ul> <li> Analysis of visual inputs such as distance, height, mass, mathematical equations, temperature, zoom, night mode </li></ul> <h4> [[ I buy the product and makes an appointment with the next clinic |Szene 20 – neue Gehör- und Linsen Implantate, Nahla neue Freundin][$decision7 to "szene20"]] </h4> <h4>[[ I discard the advertisement |Szene 21 – keine Gehör- und Linsen Implantate, Adams dunkle Seite & Exil][$decision7 to "szene21"]] </h4>

<h2> Friday </h2>It is Friday morning and you are really looking forward to work. You and your research team have been making great strides lately in developing the security solution against quantum computers. You are using ypir enhancements very efficiently. They do research on their voice by asking their smart bracelet a question and the answer is either played back through the hearing implants or faded in through the lenses. By simply looking at an equation, the lens detects errors and marks them. Your relationship with Sarah is also going very well. Sarah and you have moved in together. They live near Idaplatz in Wiedikon in a 2.5 room apartment. During the lunch break you receive a push message from a source that you have allowed to inform you about the latest enhancement developments. The message describes the new update of the Smart Lens Hearing Implant System where the user can download a language translation feature. The earphones translate the spoken sounds into the user's native language and fade in a suitable answer in the phonetic language through the lenses. <h4>[[ I buy the update and the language function |Szene 22 – neue Sprachfunktionen a][$decision8 to "szene22"]] </h4> <h4> [[ I ignore the message |Szene 30 - keine Sprachfunktionen b][$decision8 to "szene30"]] </h4>

<h2> High efficiency in research </h2>You have recently experienced strong competition in the research team. You and your team are trying to find a solution how to maintain web security despite the use of quantum computers. The lack of the highly developed smart lens implants is a disadvantage for you. Because your colleagues on the research team have equipped themselves with smart lens implants and can access information in seconds, they are reaching new dimensions of efficiency. You, on the other hand, use traditional devices to access information on the Web. To keep up, you invest a lot of your free time in research and analysis. Therefore, you begin to neglect your social life. You also neglected Sarah for a long time, until she finally left you. Since then, you often miss the traditional Saturday evenings with your friends and rarely visit your mother. You feel lonely and overwhelmed. At that moment, You receive a push notification on your smartphone about Apple's latest product, which will be launched tomorrow. It is a set of hearing implants, smart lens implants and a smart bracelet. <h4>[[ I buy the product and makes an appointment with the next clinic |Szene 20 – neue Gehör- und Linsen Implantate, Nahla neue Freundin][$decision6 to "szene20"]] </h4> <h4>[[ I close the advertisement |Szene 21 – keine Gehör- und Linsen Implantate, Adams dunkle Seite & Exil][$decision6 to "szene21"]]</h4>

<h2> Great progress in research </h2> It is Friday morning and you are looking forward to work. you and your research team have been making great strides lately in developing the security solution against quantum computers. You are now also able to use your enhancements. You research your voice by asking your smart bracelet a question and the answer is either played back through the hearing implants or displayed through the lenses. By simply looking at an equation, the lens detects errors and marks them. With the regained leisure and relief that you owe to the new technology, you turned back to dating a few months ago. When you reactivated the dating app "RealMatch" a few weeks ago, one match in particular caught your eye. It was the beautiful girl from back then, Nahla. You had taken some courses together in the Master's program, but never really talked to each other. You had already found her stunning, but had not dared to take the step of talking to her. You didn't take long to react to the match and arranged to meet her on her first date. Through your newly acquired skills, which largely overcome the limitations of autism, you are now a much more relaxed, sociable young man. The first date was a complete success. More dates followed. You and Nahla are now an official couple. During the lunch break, you receive a push message from a source that you have allowed to notify you about the latest enhancement developments. It describes the new update where the user can download a language translation feature. The earphones translate the spoken sounds into the user's native language and display an appropriate answer in the phonetic language through the lenses. Since Nahla speaks Swahili because of the origin of her parents, you are considering using this technology to impress Nahla and possibly even her parents. <h4> [[ I buy the update and the language function |Szene 31 – neue Sprachfunktionen Nahla][$decision9 to "szene31"]] </h4> <h4> [[ I am ignoring the message |Szene 23 – keine neuen Sprachfunktionen a][$decision to "szene23"]] </h4>

<h2> Exile </h2> On a Friday evening at 5 p.m. your colleagues set off for a beer after work. Although they have long since given up on you because of your gloomy nature, they ask you to join them. You reply, without making a face, that you are busy with other things, but you wish them much pleasure. In the meantime, you don't like your colleagues any more. They are superior to you in so many ways and you feel like you were in elementary school when the "normal children" could lead a "normal" life without further training or therapy and you were labeled the "funny nerd". Therefore you behaved rather uncooperative and isolate yourself more and more from the group. Your mother also noticed your predicament and thought that you were acting a bit unfair to your work colleagues. You reacted to this with anger and explained to her how unfair it is that people in today's age have no choice but to become cyborgs because otherwise they would be socially disadvantaged. You had had enough of these cyborgs who were no longer human. You don't want to become a machine and that's that. After much deliberation, You decide to quit your job and retreat to the north. In Scandinavia, some countries have established non-digital villages where people can take a break from digitalization. You are now in one such village. You were allowed, exceptionally, to take your contact lenses and headphones with you. You have saved so much in the meantime that you could have spent years in this village without being financially deprived. You spend a whole year in the village and devote yourself to studying philosophy. <h4>[[ I decide to stay in exile for the next years |Szene 24 – Adam bleibt im Exil][$decision10 to "szene24"]] </h4> <h4>[[ I decide to go back home |Szene 25 – Zeitabschnitt 2040, Adam kommt nach Hause, Ecuador][$decision10 to "szene25"]] </h4>

<h2> New language functions </h2>The new language functions enable you to conduct discourses about your research with scientists from different countries. By collaborating across the globe, your research team is making rapid progress in solving problems in quantum mechanics. <h4> [[ A new age is dawning |Szene 27 - Zeitabschnitt 2040, erfolgreicher Quantenforscher & Schwangerschaft]] </h4>

<h2> Multilingualism </h2>Translation technology has now reached a point where the exchange between people with different languages is possible even without the speech functions in hearing implants. Using existing technology, you and your research team are pursuing a global collaboration on quantum mechanics. <h4> [[ A new age is dawning |Szene 29 - Zeitabschnitt 2040, erfolgreicher Quantenforscher & Nahla]] </h4>

<h2> A life in exile </h2> After some changes of residence you decided to stay on the Swedish island of Gotland. In exile, you hav3 plenty of time to think about life and learn many new views on life and human existence. You are deeply involved in philosophical questions and do yoga daily. From time to time you talk on the phone with your mother and some friends. And although ypu miss your friends and mother, you want to stay as far away as possible from their lives, which you consider technological madness. You despise transhumanists. In the meantime you no longer use your technological aids. Your new small circle of friends accept you as you are. On Gotland there is a different life and therefore different social norms apply. There is no hectic rush and few structured days. Objects do not function autonomously and there is no flood of information. The people on the island live modestly and most of the inhabitants are like you. Some of them travel back to their homes again and again. Others live permanently on Gotland. You are also appreciated and admired by your new circle of friends. There is a generally peaceful social climate on this island. It is an idyllic and isolated world. <h4>[[ A new age is dawning |Szene 26 - Zeitabschnitt 2040 im Exil]] </h4>

<h2> 2040 </h2>We have reached the year 2040. You lived on the Swedish non-digital island of Gotland from 2036 to 2038. In his philosophical self-study you gained new perspectives on life and learned to accept the digitalized superhumans. When you returned home in 2038, you wrote a book about your life and published it. Your book, in which you described your life as an autistic and then opponent of transhumanistic development, was well received and became a bestseller. After living in the colder part of the world for 29 years, you decided to spend the second quarter of your life in a sunny country. You left Zurich last year and have now been living in Ecuador for several weeks and continues to write books. You met Marie shortly after. <h4> [[Upon arrival in his new home, Adam meets Marie|Szene 28 – Ecuador, Marie ist schwanger]] </h4>

<h2> 2040 </h2>We have reached the year 2040. In some countries, humanity has now undergone major technological development. At the same time, there are still peoples in third world countries who have to fight daily for survival. Wars are no longer fought with weapons, but with targeted pandemics and in the digital world. Natural resources are now very scarce and the wars for them have become increasingly complex and obvious. However, almost all resource-rich African countries have managed to free themselves from their colonial powers. The independence gained has meant that these countries can now conduct politics independently and without external influence. The consequence for Africa: wealth! African countries have managed to participate in the global market and are now achieving a standard of living similar to that of Western countries in the 2020s. The new age is no longer politically governed by governments, but by large corporations like Google, Apple and Amazon. People in developed and wealthy countries will be turning into cyborgs, while those who cannot afford the transformation or are consciously rebelling against it will remain people. Transhumanists are far superior to humans, therefore they have fame and power. People without technological aids get stuck on the development track and are condemned to do simple jobs, regardless of their level of education. This is because transhumanists break down many biological barriers of humanity, especially those of intelligence, and receive almost divine powers thanks to technology. From your exile at the age of thirty, you led a movement against transhumanism that has since become worldwide. You have over two billion followers worldwide. The counter-movement is not violent, but more philosophical and peace-loving. What do you feel for your situation at this moment? <h4> [[ CONTINUE |Post-Test]] </h4>

<h2> A new life in Ecuador </h2> One year later Marie is five months pregnant. Since it is now proven that autism is hereditary, it is strongly suspected that Emelie - this is the name of your still unborn daughter - will suffer from autism. Years earlier, researchers were able to prove that the cause of autism is an underdevelopment of the protein MEMO1. This protein is responsible for the organization of new brain cells. Too short MEMO1 proteins cause an anomaly in the order of brain cells, which leads to autism. In the meantime, a treatment for this problem has been developed. With the help of a syringe in the head of the foetus, nanobots can be introduced which take over the task of the MEMO1 proteins. In addition, these nanobots can be used for an optimized and even above average development of certain brain areas. This treatment can thus ensure that the child is gifted above average. You and Marie are facing a difficult decision. You know exactly what it is like to be disadvantaged in society and want your child to enjoy a happy life. In a world full of perfect superpersons, is there still room for autistic children, let alone autistic adults? And what happens to the weak; or the people who choose to go against the transhumanist approach and for humanity? What do you choose for your unborn child? <h4> [[ CONTINUE |Post-Test]] </h4>

<h2>2. Survey</h2>You have now chosen one of several courses in the story of Adam Juma. Now I ask you to answer the questions below. /*###################################################Instanzierung derVariablen###################################################*/\ <<set $frage11 to 0>>\ <<set $sex to 0>>\ <<set _selectList = { "Please select" : 0, "Very critical" : 7, "Critical" : 6, " Rather critical" : 5, "Neutral" : 4, "Rather uncritical" : 3, "Not critical" : 2, "Very uncritical" : 1}>>\ <<set _sexOptions = { "please select" : 0, "male" : "m", "female" : "w", "other" : "a", "no specification" : "na"}>> First I ask you for the following personal information: Gender: <<listbox "$sex">><<optionsfrom _sexOptions>><</listbox>> Age: <<textbox "$age" "">> <b>Question 1: </b><i>How do you consider your attitude towards the topic of "Human Enhancement" after having played through the story of Adam Juma?</i> <<listbox "$frage11">> <<optionsfrom _selectList>> <</listbox>> <b>Question 2:</b> <i> Describe in a few sentences what the interactive story triggered in you emotionally? </i> <<textarea "$frage12" "">> <b>Question 3:</b> <i> Which decisions were particularly difficult for you? Which points from the story triggered surprisingly positive or particularly negative feelings? </i> <<textarea "$frage13" "">> <b>Question 4:</b> <i>What are your thoughts about the future described in the story? Would you have imagined/desired it differently? </i> <<textarea "$frage14" "">> <b>Question 5:</b> <i>What could you learn about the future through this scenario? Do technologies need to be changed in any way? </i> <<textarea "$frage15" "">> <b>Question 6:</b> <i> How would you use scenarios of the future, similar to the story of Adam Juma, to create a benefit for society? </i> <<textarea "$frage16" "">> <b>[[CONTINUE|Umfrage Absenden]]</b>

<h2> 2040 </h2>We have now reached the year 2040. In the meantime, you and your research team at Google have succeeded in developing hyperalgorithms that are protected from the powerful quantum computers. They are currently being implemented on the web. Once this security transformation is complete, quantum computers can be put into practice. The digital power that quantum computers bring with them is unimaginable. You are living a happy life with Sarah and you are expecting offspring soon. Since it has now been proven that autism is hereditary, it is strongly suspected that Tristan - that is what your still unborn son is supposed to be called - will also suffer from autism. Years earlier, researchers were able to prove that the cause of autism is an underdevelopment of the protein MEMO1. This protein is responsible for the organization of new brain cells. Too short MEMO1 proteins cause an anomaly in the order of brain cells, which leads to autism. In the meantime, a treatment for this problem has been developed. With the help of a syringe in the head of the foetus, nanobots can be introduced which take over the task of the MEMO1 proteins. In addition, these nanobots can be used for an optimized and even above average development of certain brain areas. This treatment can thus ensure that the child is gifted above average. You and Sarah are facing a difficult decision. You know exactly what it is like to be disadvantaged in society and wants your child to enjoy a happy life. In a world full of perfect superpersons, is there still room for autistic children, let alone autistic adults? And what happens to the weak; or the people who choose not to or cannot afford the technology? What do you choose as a future for your unborn child? <h4> [[ CONTINUE |Post-Test]] </h4>

<h2> 2040 </h2>We have now reached the year 2040. In the meantime, you and your research team at Google have succeeded in developing hyperalgorithms that are protected from the powerful quantum computers. They are currently being implemented on the web. Once this security transformation is complete, quantum computers will be ready for practical use. The digital power that quantum computers bring with them is unimaginable. You and Nahla live together in Thalwil am See in a beautiful apartment with a large terrace. In recent years they have traveled the world together and enjoyed their company to the full. However, their happiness should not last long, because a few weeks ago your mother was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Malaika waited until you and Nahla came back from their last trip before informing them. The degenerative disease of the central nervous system is still in an early stage and can be treated with a neural implant. The implant is inserted directly into the brain in the form of a flexible mesh. This allows activities in the brain to be monitored and processes in the neural network to be stimulated or blocked. Since this development was first used successfully in 2030, there have been some fatal consequences in the first three years due to malfunctioning, resulting in the death of patients. However, the success rate of neural implants is now 99 percent. However, the treatment is irreversible. The implants could cure Malaika's disease. Their neural activities would be constantly monitored by computers and the neural data generated would be stored in the digital world. In an age of quantum computers and highly developed artificial intelligence, the value of such data is high. By tracing the neural activities, Malaika's brain would be largely mapped in the digital world. The important question that now arises is how and by whom this data is managed. And what happens to it if your mother dies one day? Can this development come to a good end at all? <h4> [[ CONTINUE |Post-Test]] </h4>

<h2> Multilingualism </h2>Translation technology has now reached a point where the exchange between people with different languages is possible even without the speech functions in hearing implants. Using existing technology, you and your research team are pursuing a global collaboration on quantum mechanics. <h4> [[ A new age is dawning |Szene 27 - Zeitabschnitt 2040, erfolgreicher Quantenforscher & Schwangerschaft]] </h4>

<h2> New language functions </h2>Thanks to the new language function you can now get to know Nahla's parents better. Since you can conduct small dialogues with them in Swahili, you seem much more likeable to them. In addition, you are enabled to conduct discourses about your research with scientists from different countries. Thanks to global cooperation, your research team is able to make rapid progress in solving problems in quantum mechanics. <h4> [[ A new age is dawning |Szene 29 - Zeitabschnitt 2040, erfolgreicher Quantenforscher & Nahla]] </h4>

<h2> Futurology </h2> The interactive story of Adam Juma is about Human Enhancement (Transhumanism) at the edge of technological singularity. <b> Future scenarios: </b> Future scenarios research is about making an event in the future tangible, which is difficult to imagine and understand at the present time. This is done to the extent that experts from various disciplines (psychology, ethics, sociology, etc.) as well as laypersons can make forward-looking and future-oriented decisions today. This is achieved by leaving the viewer's situation and experiencing concrete situations from different perspectives. This in turn is often made possible by an interactive scenario. One of the reasons why the future is uncertain is the increasing complexity and associated uncertainty caused by technological upheavals. Technological upheavals affect various topics such as society, globalization, climate change, energy and raw materials market dynamics, as well as security policy risks and conflicts. <b> Technological singularity: </b> Technological singularity is described as a development in the future, where the role of the technological creator is transferred from man to machine. Should artificial intelligence one day reach a level at which it becomes capable of developing independently, i.e. without the support of humans, and thus becomes "ultra-intelligent", the point of technological singularity has been reached. The creation of future artificial intelligence would from then on be carried out exclusively by ultra-intelligent machines. Due to the drastically increasing computing power of computers in the future, artificial intelligence, enabled by the neuronal functions of a human brain, will be far superior to humans. <b> Transhumanism: </b>Transhumanism is a movement that sees the logical continuation of being human in the context of technological progress. The use of technological means is aimed at extending the life span and expanding the abilities of human beings (Human Enhancement). Transhumanistic technologies are often based on sub-areas of artificial intelligence and robotics. Other areas of transhumanism are biochemistry and genetics. Transhumanists are concerned with the question of what makes humans human and how their biological limits can be overcome to reach the next stage of evolution. They assume that the next evolutionary stage of humanity will be reached through fusion with technology. The technologies that we wear on our bodies today in the form of wearables will be carried within us in the future; cyborgs will take the place of humans. <h4>[[CONTINUE |Umfrage]]</h4>

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