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The year is 2019

Earth is partially destroyed by the nuclear war. Human's hardwork is now carried out by robots. Animal care are a really expensive hobby, but is the dream of every citizen in the society. Most of the humans, the healthy ones, already got out of the planet. However, you're still in the planet. Why?

Why?
You have a job.
You aren't smart. Only smart people can get out of the Earth.
You are truly yourself.
Aren't?
Your feelings can be simulated by a machine. You can feel pain, happiness, fear, optimism, love or even hate.
Every day you wake up, set up the feeling machine to your day start great, get a cup of coffee and go to work. Every day. Every day.
Work for what?
Money.
Money for retiring androids. The ones that are illegal in your planet.
Little by little you start to sense more humanity in the robots than in the humans. Are the robots more realistic? Or the society itself became less humanity?


The year is 2019. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
It's a great book, you should read.

R2D2/100

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