T. Willard Fair

What kind of music will be played in South Beach clubs? What sort of dances will people be doing? How much will a drink cost?
The current trend associated with the desire to live longer, coupled with the new discoveries and technology in the fields of health and medicine, clearly indicates that by the year 2100, what used to be old will be young. Octogenarian status will be the rule, not the exception. Social and recreational activities will reflect these demographic realities. Suffice it to say, it is not what kind of music will be played, but how it will be played.

In South Beach clubs, music will be piped into memory rooms, where people will listen to the music associated with the time most memorable in their life. During this time you won1t be able to buy drinks, but you will be able to buy mood capsules; i.e., ecstasy, happiness, melancholy, powerful, excited, et cetera. There will be no common dance. The dance will be associated with the period of life that you choose and the capsule of choice for the evening.

What will be the hippest Miami-Dade neighborhood, what will it look like, and how much will it cost to live there?
Down under. What will it look like? It will be a city constructed beneath the surface of Biscayne Bay in the shape of a star. All of the community enterprises will be at the center of the star, i.e., schools, business, government, arts and entertainment, et cetera. Neighborhoods will be in the star points. How much will it cost to live there? Prices will be based on the square inch, not the square foot.

Will your favorite South Florida restaurant of today still exist? And will the clientele change?
No. Food consumption will be regulated by capsule, so there will be no clientele.

Imagine yourself sitting in a canoe on Shark River slough. What do you see?
Desolation, contamination. Mother Nature has been destroyed.

When the urban Miami dweller of 2100 wants to take a walk in a park, where will he or she go?
Walks in the park will be simulated. From your home you will be able to digitally pick your park, time of day, the emotion you want to experience, and the person or people you want to be with.

How long will it take to travel from Miami to Havana, and how will folks make the trip? Ditto from Kendall to downtown.
Five to ten minutes maximum to Havana through Jetson-compressed underwater tubes. There will be no downtown; it will be down under.

How will you spend the day on January 1, 2100?
Down under.