Intro

This article contains the “homework” done for the Summer Camp Preparation Initiative as specified on www.worldanvil.com/community/challenge/summercamp-prep-2025/homepage (I will not repeat the the questions, exercise, and comments mentioned there and will just come up with the requested “output”).

As a Swiss-German, I will only include some generic meta-level material in English. However, all content that is directly related to my world will be in German (as it will be for the entirety of my 2087 world, at least for the draft). So, I apologize for my bad English: but I felt, that it might be a good idea to switch language within the same article not only to separate meta stuff from the story to tell, but to increase my reach beyond the German speaking hood (to be verified).

Week 1: Nourishment

1. General Scope of Theme

Currently I am keeping the “Nourishment”-theme limited to the physical bio-stuff such as for keeping species alive in terms of feeding, drinking, injecting and other forms of transforming bio-matter inside a body into energy and simple cells: Energy in terms of kinetic, warmth, light and electic impulses and and cells that together keeps bio-mass in shape and alive. So, in practical terms, nourishment—for me—is food, drinks, or drugs that are produced or harvested in the wild or can be bought or are provided by corporations and/or social welfare. For 1987, nourishment is nothing “philosophical” for the mind, nothing for the soul—just food, drinks, and drugs—no Rock n' Roll :-) As in general throughout this world, nourishment must be some kind of realistic projection into the future (-> book's meta). All innovation in this book must follow some kind of reasonably convincing, feasible, and logical steps without magic sci-fi “inventions,” where nobody could explain how it should have evolved over the next hundred years (-> near future) without “alien-tech” in the game.

Topics covered in 2087

• What was food for astronauts and spaceships once has become MegaCorp driven commonplace on a global scale: Food for the masses has become canned and standardized artificial, protein-heavy syrup on, below, and above earth—same, same: enough for survival and being efficient at the workplace, but nothing to enjoy beyond the relief of having something to “eat” at all. Food has become the gasoline of the working poor that is consumed similarly to how cars were refueled before electrification.
• nobody cookes at home anymore and heating food - and as such destroying its nutritients (as being told by media) - is considered to be an act of decay and rebellion.
• Also, eating a fresh salad is the expression of the elite's decay and chauvinism and an act of aggressive, forbidden political statement when demonstrated by the poor.
• Eating a salad is—as taught at school and mind-bendingly perma-advertised on screen and in streets—considered to be, in fact, an outrageous and selfish behavior that is killing the remaining nature. Such egoistic, greedy behavior is believed by the masses to have led to today's depleted soils and scarce habitats where, on land and at large, only insects have survived!
• Generally restricted exchange of goods/food: This is, on one side, because of extremely protective MegaCorp dominated/ruled “city-clusters” and, on the other side, due to crumbling and hostilely destroyed transportation infrastructure in between. This goes with skyrocketing prices for energy and together with some media hyped fear about a “concrete dissolving virus/mold” spreading nobody knows exactly where it is coming from. Skills and know-how for maintaining transportation infrastructure and on agriculture in general go extinct.
• Mega-Corp dictated and nationally enforced schedules of what to eat when according to national eating plans (planned economy style).
• Non-processed food is only available in dedicated shops for some privileged folks, such as MegaCorp and Gov employees, specialized technicians and AI teachers, certified life coaches and mentors, etc., where they can get everything in exchange for the promise to never tell outsiders and never eat or carry such food in public or take any such food home (wearing stuff in public is prohibited anyway, as there is no need for it when everything can be purchased and controlled anyplace and anytime in MegaCorp controlled districts).
• conventional low-tech agriculture in remote zones and used as re-starting-base-technology after the “big bang” (in book II).
• industrial, cheap food production for keeping corporate staff alive.
• decorative aspects of how food can be presented to express style, taste, wealth, power, opulence, decadence, and decay
• rise of the protein-rich nourishment based on insects and seafood.
• fresh-food distribution “organized” by MegaCorps, the mafia, and black markets, and how food is used to keep people under siege.
• Natural drugs (magic mushrooms) versus synthetic drugs for increased creativity, connection, and simply against feeling hungry.
• difficulties to get clean drinking water in hot, globally warmed environments.
• New technology used to grow food in tiny urban niches and how to protect them against burglers
• line between food and drugs is blurring across all fields: shops, delivery, restaurants, parties, medication, and CorpBags (lunch packages provided by MegaCorps).
• Bio-investigation teams are looking at and burning genetically manipulated super-food not only in the interest of healthy food but to protect corporate interests (patents) as well.
• catalog and designed-moodfood that triggers specific emotional states like happyness, feeling connected, energetic, creative, etc.
• food does no longer cross borders due to global transportation break-down due to national restrictions and fearing spread of deseases and finally because transportation has become unaffordable for the masses: a life without coffee !!
• Food is used as “currency” again on official and black markets (for the ones too late to catch the Bitcoin train).
• Food-sacrifices to gods, and cannibalism are on the rise (mostly for other purposes than “just” nourishment).
• Advertising on non-processed food is forbidden
• Cookbooks and receipts are not banned (yet) but considered to be once the inhumane phantasie of some old, decadent elites responsible to have created todays decay and chaos upon their greed and dominiance.
• As it became increasingly difficult to tax food, nations have started to tax excrements by forcing people to collect and deliver their excrements to automated devices where they are investigated for drugs and diseases.

Ernährung 2087

Natürlich spielt die Ernährung auch in der nahen Zukunft eine wichtige Rolle. Dabei ist sie für die einen eine Frage des Überlebens. Für die anderen ist es eine Frage des Stils, der Mode, des zur Schau gestellten Reichtums und der hedonistischen Lebensart.

Für die in der Maslowschen Pyramide unten Stehenden ist es eine Frage des OB und WANN (ist überhaupt was zum Essen da?), und für die oben eine Frage des WIE (opulent, gesund, visuell ansprechend, ernährungstechnisch richtig, etc.).

Global steht genügend Nahrung zur Verfügung. Doch geht bei deren Verteilung mehr als die Hälfte durch Gewinnmaximierung, Spekulation oder mangelnde Infrastruktur (Kühlung/Lagerung) oder Anschläge verloren. Hungersnöte mit Tausenden von medial kaum erwähnten Toten und sozialen Unruhen sind logische Reaktionen. Diese richten sich vorwiegend gegen MegaCorps, derweil Nationalstaaten diesbezüglich nur noch marginalen Einfluss haben.

Die Fleischproduktion wurde trotz gewaltigem Boom zur eiweisshaltigen Ernährung mehrheitlich eingestellt und durch den Verzehr von Insekten, Fischen, Krustentieren und proteinreichen Pflanzen und Algen ersetzt. Dies weniger aus ideologischen Gründen, sondern weil die Haltung von Tieren einerseits durch zahlreiche Epidemien und andererseits durch permanente Überfälle in den meist rechtsfreien Räumen durch hungrige Flüchtlinge und organisierte, darauf spezialisierte Gangs verunmöglicht wurde. Obwohl auch Felder und städtische Insektenfarmen immer wieder Plünderungen zum Opfer fallen, bleibt dabei immer noch genügend für die Besitzer übrig, um die Produktion weiter fortzuführen und - sofern finanzierbar – sich Schutz zu organisieren.

Rund zwei Drittel der Bevölkerung werden primär und alternativlos durch MegaCorps mittels Dosennahrung und Pulver ernährt. Diese kontrollieren zudem das meiste Agrarland, das Saatgut genauso wie die Lebensmittelindustrie. So stellen sie sicher, dass privat kaum mehr etwas angebaut werden kann (mal davon abgesehen, dass kaum jemand noch über dieses Wissen verfügt). Denn nur mehr oder weniger autark lebende Hillbillies in entlegenen, off-grid Randgebieten verfügen überhaupt noch über das Wissen, wie man Gemüse zieht und Tiere züchtet.

Zwischen den städtischen, von MegaCorps kontrollierten Gebieten und den Randzonen befindet sich streng mit Drohnen, Satelliten und MechDogs, überwachte Wildnis, in der mangels Wasser, Nahrung und Holz niemand über längere Zeit überleben kann – auch wenn das immer wieder erfolglos versucht wird.

Am anderen Ende des Spektrums halten sich Wohlhabende prächtige und artenreiche Privatgärten hinter hohen Mauern oder an der Fassade und auf Flachdächern der modernen öko-gekühlten SuperBlocks und ErdTürmen (HochhäuserSilos die in die Erde ragen). Speziell dafür gezüchtete Beeren und Obst sind nicht nur Energielieferanten für die Oberschicht, sondern auch dekoratives Element der modernen CorpZonen, die immer wieder unterstreichen, dass diese «Natur» lediglich fürs Mikroklima gut, aber nicht fürs Essen gedacht ist.

Auf gesundes Essen spezialisierte Restaurants, Lieferketten und Störköche und -köchinnen machen ein Vermögen in einem bei der Beschaffung von frischen, qualitativ hochstehenden Lebensmitteln höchst mafiös organisierten Umfeld. Insbesondere indem sie den Mangel an Waren durch kreatives Anrichten und (illegales) Untermischen industrieller Güter kompensieren.

Meta's Ernährung

Meta, eine der Hauptfiguren, ernährt sich strikt und routiniert nach einem von einem Privatcoach überwachten Plan, um so, wie die meisten ihrer Peers und Kunden, ihr Potenzial und ihre Energie möglichst optimal zu nutzen.

Bei ihr ist Essen nicht Genuss, sondern «tanken», respektive besteht ihre diesbezügliche Freude am Essen, Trinken und an Nahrungsergänzungsmitteln erst sekundär im Wissen, dass ein frischer Salat aus lokalem Anbau sowohl ihren Körper und Geist stärkt als auch der Umwelt nicht schadet. Dazu kommt die Befriedigung, sich einen frischen Salat nicht nur leisten zu können, sondern überhaupt mal erst Zugang zu frischem Gemüse zu haben. Kein Wunder, ist ihr liebstes Gerät neben den IO-Linsen ein alter Mixer aus dem lokalen Museum ums Eck.

Seit ihren Einsätzen beim obligatorischen Zivildienst, wo sie beim Aufräumen verlassen-verwüsteter Kleinstädten Kühlschränke, die gefüllt, jahrelang ohne Strom vor sich hinrotteten und deren Bio-toxischer Inhalt als Sondermüll in Spezialbehältern entsorgt werden musste, überkommt sie auch heute noch beim Öffnen von Kühlschränken ein Würgen. So bestellt sie online immer nur soviel Freshfood wie sie laufend auch ohne Kühlung verzehren kann.

2. Sommer Camp Goals

My personal goals for Sommercamp 2025 - or "SC25" in short - are low-end.

This is because participation has not been a high priority for me and competes with many activities among the many roles I am currently juggling in parallel along with my private and professional life. So participation depends on weather, job situation, clients, mood, the dog, friends, etc.

However, I am committed to making it measurable and going at least for "Silver". The nontacit goal here is - me being a totally greenhorn beginner in writing and world-building - to get an overview of this platform and to find out how I could use it best for my book-writing pet project.

I have just copy/pasted the filled-in pledge, as I do not know how to do it otherwise. Any help on this?

3. Meta and Core

As said above already, I am a bloody beginner starting from scratch: nothing to review because I am currently on a blank sheet.

I will try to complete some meta-stuff that I will find relevant for my story, and I will commence some conceptual "core" articles that might set the scope, tone, time, and environment of the overall story, which, finally, should come with a "message to humanity" from a surprisingly different angle than we are normally used to, to make it stick (yes, we have to save the world - but not introvert nerd-kid fingerpointing style :-)).

Week 2: Roots

"2087" is a speculative near future which is extrapolated from the 2025 state of things where I have foreseen the following driving forces:

• Dominance of megacorporations that have started with Walmart, Saudi Aramco, China Petrochemical Corporation, and others dominating corporations from global trade, energy, military, health/life, and technology sectore using next-generation AI, quantum computing, private security, etc.
  When in 2025 sponsoring and supporting politicians was just known to insiders, it has become transparent and supported by the masses which started "voting" by buying from their preferred megacorps, who in return will sponsor the right state's personnel.
• Private Isolation: Where Covid was just a foreplay for some real pandemics over the last sixty years, people are used to having an isolated life in their cubicles that got optimized for remote work, communication, trade of all kinds, and exchange of goods and waste, whereas the "city streets" have become gang-controlled no-go-zones. Only the "Rich" living in the skyscraper's top floors move freely for business, private contact, and social (mega) events.
• Mass Propaganda: With the masses isolated from the real world and all media channels dominated by megacorporations, all narratives cannot be researched for truth anymore. And when people do; they are shut down or will be found debanked or dead.
• Islands: However, some isolated northern resorts like Iceland, Switzerland, Brittany, Taiwan, and Northern Japan (to some extent) have resisted MegaCorps' influence right from the beginning and have established some autonomous habitats for the Rich, upon protecting their incoming money streams and using their "political" influence to maintain their autonomous status.
• Mass migration due to climate change (heat, drought, flood, storms, fires, ...), the accidentally launched nuclear arsenal from Iran on US army bases across the Middle East, and the various pandemics have led to massive wall building to protect northern Europe, Russia, India, and China, and meantime merged US-Canadian landmass. In this setting our protagonists will not really notice such change; which will only be concluded from in between the lines from the protagonists' dialogues or some actions that will be "normal" for them, but strange and/or illustrative for us, the readers.

World hook

I do not know what this is and what I am suppoed to do

The Homepage

I have read the article on Homepage building on https://blog.worldanvil.com/worldanvil/tutorials/pro-tips/5-tips-to-create-the-best-world-anvil-homepage/?_gl=1*1g8qvf0*_gcl_au*MjYxMjgyNzQ3LjE3NTA4NjQxMjk. The Homepage itself is on the TODO list where the first task is to decide whether the homepage is for the book or the ANVIL-world as such.

The Primer

I have checked the Articel on https://www.worldanvil.com/learn/gamemaster/player-primer

However, I have no plans to make this world playable, and so, I have no plans to provide a player's primer. Maybe I will use this term/section/title to come up with the book's blurb. In the meantime, the filled in Meta-Sections are enough.

Back to your roots

As this is my first world I am keeping a log about all my current activities which currently is following the prepartion work for the summer camp.

Week 3: Metamorphosis

Dramatic change starts with the bridge between Sicily and the Italian mainland collapsing, where a corrupt investigation team finds corrupt construction consortia guilty.

When other bridges, tunnels, terminals and major infrastructure fall in pieces the world is speculating for terrorism, fanatics and new weapons developped by a MegaCorp - till finally a specific Mandala/Graffiti like pattern is recognized to mark the start of such destruction. This starts a hunt for everything related to such drawings wehreas others are using such marks to start their own destructive "projects".

So the crumbling infrastructure is the dominant change driver across the book that dwarfs all other major change stuff: climate change, epidemics, losing jobs, being killed by the poor, dying in a nuclear explosion, being hit by a crashing satellite (happens), or increasing sun activities.

So, the biggest change is that humanity is finally forced into mass cooperation and, as such, will bring the power back to the masses who have to build up such organizations from scratch (Power to the people again), which will transform the mindset of all people as well (all in the same boat where diversity and individual contribution are demanded and key).

Although other major changes continue happening in "2087" they will not be central to the story and will just be mentioned in a sideline when protagonists might read the news or will be told by social media or friends.

Shake things up!

Getting into extremes is my second nature (the Aquarius that I am). So I do not have to make special efforts here. For instance, I just started to hack the life of a Norwegian singer (Resa Saffa Park) to imagine the life of a young talent in today's media-driven environment where you have a choice between doing the stuff you like and where you are excellent, or making money. This brought me in contact with the CEO of Viking Tours (looking for a singer for the Lucerne concert hall) and a Swedish punk band he wants to have on one of his cruises - which finally made me put my main character in Reykjavik. Yeah—I know - many gaps in my logic, but that's how I am meandering between ultra right and left, between punk and classic, nouvelle cuisine and fast food, and martial arts and yoga.

Learn from other worldbuilders!

This I have done right from the beginning when subscribing to ANVIL. I have noted some names and links but have not decided yet whom I will contact personally. I am not shy, but I, personally, do not feel entitled to bother others as long as I am not clear about my world-stuff myself for the mid- and long-term. I do not want to take somebody's time before being 100% ready to go on with this and not quit. Here I can and will do more, when all the prep-work is done: promised!

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Week 4: Tomorrow

When global destruction becomes a reality for the masses, fatalism will drive a brutal, egomaniacal survival of the fittest to either build up shelter or enjoy the remaining days upon the misery of others. And only a few will be "called" to search deeper and to come up with a solution and a mission that unites humanity behind a joint activity to stop the further demolition of the world. When such power is given back to the people and simple survival has become the common denominator for all, a new world society can finally be built up from the ashes, and it will come with high suspense whether humanity can use their remaining knowledge and technology to build up a better future or starve and kill themselves back into the Stone Age without leaving a trace.

Planning ahead

Not sur about Stubs: Have to find out --> #TODO

Connect with the community

yeah, will do. Now, wehre I am finished my preparation work, I can and will spend more time listening and observing the channels and community. Expect me there!