The Future is Free by Osama Shammary
The future is bright, the future is green, the future is… free?
People have always dreamt of free clothes, free money, and most of all free food. There certainly seems to be progress towards that: now there are free papers, free-to-play games, your favourite social networking site, and in one case, a hotel which let people eat and repay by working it off on bikes connected to the electric system to create a better source of energy; it isn’t exactly free but it’s good, since you can eat your favourite foods, then balance your health by exercising when you see fit. People nowadays spend 40 euro plus buying games while not having checked out the free-to-play equivalents, with Battlefield play for free, CoD personified in Blacklight Retribution and Halo in Halo online, or play the mix in Planetside 2.
People have tried boycotting things until they became free but it hasn’t worked… yet. MIT currently provides free online education, where you could learn quantum physics or get a head start on what you really want to study. You can take student notes, online lectures, and read the online textbook, but it won’t account for any actual college credit. Sites like Pet Finder allow you to adopt animals for free, from rabbits to horses. So whatever you might be hoping for, it must include a free, green and bright future.