Developed as part of the Worldbuilt.ai contest in 2022. Zoe woke up to a stormy day. It's Friday, a morning that feels damp and fresh. Zoe likes these days, because at home, in the indonesian islands, days can get uncomfortably hot even after the climate has stabilized. Sitting on her bed, she ties her long hair into a bun and gently rubs her face as the day dawns.
Zoe likes to go to the beach in Simeulue right after getting up. This is her time to connect with herself, enjoy the waves, the breeze and set the right pace for the day. SAM has done wonders to her wellbeing, and helped her develop the ability of self-care. Born in the year 2000, Zoe still went through the traditional education as we remember it from the early 21st century. Not being able to continue, she dropped out and began to work on different things, in order to gain independence she always craved. Thankfully, Zoe got her Learning Buddy (LB) and in the early 2040s, she joined her local collab group.
After spending some time with herself, Zoe comes home and prepares her favorite breakfast - rice cakes, just like her mother used to make them. Her old but functional air fryer makes them a tiny better than she remembers them but Zoe never told this to her mom. Zoe enjoys a certain level of predictability in her life and prefers not to change things too much. As she gets ready to go to the health clinic in town, she uses her LB to pull up a thought she had bookmarked the other day. Her 15-minute power walk to the clinic is filled with the latest updates on mental health. Every now and then SAM drops an AR brain scan for her to see the diagrams.
Zoe realized her life passion was public health only later in life. In fact, it was because of SAM that she was finally able to discover her purpose. It started with SAM launching an exploratory sequence of digital content covering art, engineering, crafts, sciences, health and biology. While showing below-average brain response to technical and artistic subjects, Zoe’s synapse scan lit up as she absorbed the information about societal and cultural influence on mental health. SAM automatically identified this as a “point of interest” and pursued more of the related content while performing additional brain response assessment. Not only did Zoe indicate keen levels of interest, her body also showed unequivocal signs of happiness when submerged in the topic. SAM locked in her educational path and for 6 years now, Zoe has studied, practiced and learned about health, and mental health specifically. In addition, she’s been a regular participant in a collab group SAM created for her.
Right after arriving at the health clinic, Zoe is called to remote-monitor a patient operation taking place in Bali. The patient had a sudden episode, their LB sent an emergency signal to the nearest healthcare point from where an autonomous medical unit was dispatched. Zoe’s job is to take care of the prep work and make sure the patient is stabilized. She syncs her LB with the patient’s LB to initiate a dissociation therapy she recently practiced in her collab group. In the meantime, the medical unit has reached the patient and began to examine their condition.
In the early years of one’s LB, the activities and learning moments are quite diverse, the more data is being input, the greater the output. Some people take more time than others to discover their IKIGAI, which brings together passion, ability and purpose in the world. After finding it, it's a matter of cultivation, of working together with everyone's LB to foster it. During the program, after different periods of time, LBs match learners with other LBs to create collaboration groups which are generally 3 to 5 people. SAM is built to create the best possible constellation for ultimate learning experiences in terms of abilities, interests, and personalities.
Back at the clinic, Zoe continues to monitor all the vital functions, following the protocols stored in her library. This was the first time she performed the therapy, but it felt like she’s done it a million times. The patient is stabilized and the medical unit has just wrapped a complete body-brain scan to identify what happened. Zoe is content with her performance and just when she’s about to file a log and upload her experience into SAM, as part of continuous learning input, her LB informs her that she’s completed another successful practical learning simulation.
Later on, Zoe meets her parents at The Sandbox, an adult playground she recently discovered on the island of Pulau. This place is a rediscovered concept that brings together play, and motion-driven entertainment, where people can be silly and have fun. It's a large field full of structures to climb, areas with all types of materials and different textures to interact and create with. This is a place to be fully oneself, one that is meant to help people boost their energy and creativity.
Zoe’s parents enjoyed this experience a lot and are very happy Zoe is satisfied with her life, especially as she struggled early on with conventional education consisting of lectures and exams, memorizing of content and little to no practical application. They found this a very unequal, generic system that worked for only a few but certainly didn't work for Zoe. Her parents shared this sentiment, so when SAM was being trialed, they didn't hesitate to discuss it with Zoe. The program was successful because the creators were some of the best multidisciplinary scientists, researchers, and educational visionaries; the first ones to participate in the program. Later, they assumed the role of guardians and meta-mentors working to further develop and improve SAM.
After the Sandbook with her parents, Zoe goes home to her mediation routine, in which she turns her LB off completely, for 30 minutes, and focuses on her passing thoughts, leaving her feeling relaxed and excited about her week to come.
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