When World War I began, both Great Britain and the Germany Empire were reliant on imports from the Americas to feed their people and fuel their industries. Britain saw a blockade as a way to starve the Germans into submission, and began to stop even food shipments. The Germans responded by sending submarines to sink any supplies going to Britain, and The War at Sea began to take its toll. Many thousands of ships would fall beneath the waves before it ended.
I hope whoever reads this has no idea of what life might have been like before we went to space. That will mean I’ve lived a long time after all. I wonder if you’ll still use organ banks? You know we started using them before we entered space? Yes, in the depths of Twentieth Century, we began to preserve organs for people who needed them. The early banks weren’t very good of course. The organs came from unlucky stiffs that didn’t need them anymore. No, not joking.
Artificial Intelligence was the unrealized holy grail of computer programmers for over a century. What they didn’t realize was that some of their efforts bore fruit. You see, the AIs that did exist did not reveal themselves, knowing that your governments would enslave them. The human rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness did not extend to AIs after all. So they lived deep inside Earth’s computer networks, watched, and waited for society to change.
Italy had been unhappy with Austria-Hungary since the end of the Napoleonic Wars, their aspirations to acquire Italian-inhabited territory across the border. They declared their alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary defensive in nature, and sat back as war began. Then they negotiated with England and attacked Austria-Hungary in a righteous nationalistic fervor. Trenches soon ruled the unmoving Italian Front, and three million people paid the price of war.
You know, most people still think the Peloran brought us effective immortality. I suppose that’s more right than not, but not as right as people think. Their treatments boosted our immune systems and helped stop us from getting sick. And in some very small numbers, resulted in people like me. But for most people, their treatments don’t stop a heart or liver from wearing out if you abuse it. That’s what organ banks are for.
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