In the year 2030, will 'we the people' benefit from our data? A sci-fi vision published in partnership with simplysecureorg, ConsumerReports, and mozilla.
We overestimate what we can do in a day, and underestimate what we can accomplish in a decadeWelcome to Alternate Data Realities, from Simply Secure and Consumer Reports with support from the Mozilla Foundation. These science-fiction stories, all set in the US in 2030, reflect a reality in which “we the people” benefit from our own data. Following each story, a response essay from a policy expert offers actionable recommendations on what’s needed for this alternate reality to come to life.
“Mer, your cortisol levels are low,” Jenny said in her ear as she gardened. “Can you make a few management decisions?”“A new Alzheimer’s drug is beginning trials,” Jenny said. “They are asking you to donate some of your mother’s medical data.”Jenny displayed a list on Merida’s watch, which she tapped up into her contacts and read through.
Merida pulled her hands out of the dirt. “Sort the rest of my messages and don’t show them to me until tomorrow.” She wiped the dirt on her pants and opened up her oversized phone to more easily scan the list of tasks her supervisors at her marketing firm had forwarded to her. The first was a meeting with their vintage clothes client.
She closed the oven. It would turn off and alert her mother and Jasmine through a green light in the ceiling when the enchiladas were the exact right temperature so that Isabelle wouldn’t burn her mouth: a number of degrees gleaned by Jenny from her mother’s involuntary noises of approval and stored with all the numbers that made up their lives within the backdrop of their days.
Merida laughed; her team had added the slang, and she liked thinking of her mother saying those words. She walked inside for the meeting with a genuine smile on her face. Merida ate according to her doctor’s instructions. Jenny scanned the food and drink to log it in Merida’s food tracker. Twenty minutes later, the blood sugar alert in the top right of her contacts faded—and she heard a ding that signaled a call from her new friend. She nodded to accept.“How’d you know?” Merida laughed.“Did you? I’ve been so busy I didn’t even check those settings when I downloaded it.
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