Chapter 4 pt 2

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            “Janice, can you get the Russian President on the phone? I want to know if those nuclear engineers are finished over there yet, the Brits need them, and I don’t feel like hearing that woman’s mouth today.”

John had had a rough two years, between people losing their shit over laws and policies being changed, to people nay saying everything he tried to do, not to mention all the Humanity First groups cropping up. They stressed him the most, he understood their point of view, but he knew what would happen if everyone began to think like them. They would all be wiped out. Humanity First didn't see the bigger picture, they could spout off their opinions all they wanted, they said that Humans shouldn't do anything the Watcher asked, but that way of thinking led to madness and death, two things Humanity couldn't afford.

“Of course, Mr. President, I will get him on the phone immediately. The Iranians are requesting help. Their more rural areas are resisting the changing of certain laws, especially the ones concerning women.” Janice walked into the room carrying a large stack of folders that looked like they weighed more than she did, but she carried them like they were a box of tissues. She dropped the folders on his desk and they landed with a heavy thud. John knew he would be working on whatever was in those folders for the foreseeable future. There went his vacation.

“The men are resisting the women becoming equal and having rights. They are also having issues with police cracking down on underage girls being married off, now that the age of consent in Iran has been raised to 18. Which I don’t get, since many of those girls were married for monetary gain and that is no longer an issue since Iran’s economy is booming and they have more jobs than they do people at the moment.” Janice spoke as she took a seat and began to rifle through the folders looking for what, John didn't know.

One of the good things to come out the many changes being put into place by the countries was that they were in in economic, technological and scientific boom. There had never been such rapid progress made in the planets history. Since scientists and inventors and companies were no longer focused on making things for the military, they were able to focus on other things, and they now had a plausible cure for two of the most dangerous diseases known to man, cancer and Aids, it was just a matter of time now before they could cure most people of those diseases.

They had also made advances in clean energy, figuring out ways to make solar panels more effective and cheaper to manufacture, and to make wind turbines more effective as well. Many of the new cars coming out were either hydrogen run or electric, forcing charging and hydrogen refueling stations to be built all over the country adding more jobs and more money to the economy.

The best thing that came from all the changes was what it did to humanity as a whole. For the first time, there was a true global political system, because what happened in one country now affected every other country. Really important issues, like the creation of a government to deal with the other species they would encounter once they left their solar system, was put to a global vote. It worked splendidly as well, because everyone needed a say in its duties.

They ended up consolidating NASA and the other major space exploration associations into one giant entity that reported directly to the Heads of each country. With all those physicist, astrologists, astronomers, engineers and general scientists sharing information the bounds and leaps in their knowledge of space grew, especially what they learned from the probe.

  “Send in our best political negotiators to Iran. Let’s get that squared away as soon as possible,” John told Janice snapping out of his musings. He watched as Janice jumped up and left the room her phone already at her ear. Even though John’s job had gotten significantly harder the last few years, he couldn't be any prouder of how well Humanity was taking things considering. There were still a few who refused to get with the program, but you can’t win every fight, he thought to himself.