Michael Stephens: Reporting From America in 2048
The recent invention of what is being called "reverse time projection" has opened a new frontier in journalism: the ability by those of us in the year 2048 to report the news of our time back to those who are literally living in the past. Political polarization and Congressional gridlock continue, despite the 83rd Amendment allowing any dissatisfied citizens to opt out of the Union and form "personal microstates." Lately these have begun coalescing into unrecognized "government-free counties" where militia groups and anarchists have established anti-government governments. Reporters trying to...