"In the year 30XX it was resoundingly decided that the coolest thing you could do would be to convert your human body and consciousness - your entire existence basically - into pure energy. It was called transcending, and not only was it cool, you wouldn't need to worry about food, water and that sort of , you wouldn't need to worry about exercising so that you needed to keep fit, you could travel wherever you wanted (and not just countries, we were talking galaxies here), and you could do anything just by thinking it. How cool was that?

And the best thing about it, was that it was environmentally friendly. No need for you to take up any of the Earth's precious resources to exist. So not only was it cool,  but you could feel good about yourself at the same time. "