00:02Imagine waking up tomorrow checking your phone and seeing a notification that hasn't happened yet.
00:07Not a weather forecast, not a prediction based on data, a notification from the future.
00:13It says, at 9.17am you will drop your coffee. You laugh. At 9.17am your hand slips. The coffee
00:22falls, exactly as your phone predicted.
00:24Now imagine the next notification says, at 11.42am someone you love will call you. And they do.
00:33At first it feels like the greatest invention ever created. Your phone could warn you about accidents, help you avoid
00:40mistakes, tell you which stocks will rise, maybe even predict lottery numbers.
00:45You could become rich, you could become almost impossible to surprise.
00:49But there would be one enormous problem. If your phone can predict the future, does that mean the future is
00:54already decided?
00:56Let's start at the beginning. Our story begins with an ordinary smartphone. It looks completely normal.
01:02Same screen, same apps, same notifications. Until one morning Alex receives a strange notification.
01:09There is no app icon, no sender. Just one sentence. Do not take the highway today.
01:15Alex assumes it's a glitch. He ignores it. But something about the message feels different.
01:21So instead of the highway, he takes the train.
01:2530 minutes later, he gets a notification. A major accident has shut down the highway.
01:31Alex stares at his phone. Then another notification appears.
01:35You just change the future, that's when things get interesting.
01:38Because the phone isn't simply predicting events.
01:41Alex. It seems to be watching what Alex is about to do.
01:44Every few minutes, another prediction appears.
01:47A stranger will drop a wallet. They do.
01:50Alex will receive a phone call at exactly 4.03pm.
01:54At 4.03.
01:56His phone rings.
01:58Alex starts using them to make decisions.
02:00He avoids traffic.
02:02Invests in companies before their stock prices rise.
02:05Within weeks, he becomes incredibly wealthy.
02:08And everyone wants to know his secret.
02:11But Alex never tells them.
02:13Because his phone has one rule never show anyone the predictions.
02:17Then one night, the phone displays something completely different.
02:20No prediction.
02:21No warning.
02:23Just a countdown.
02:2410.
02:259.
02:268.
02:267.
02:276.
02:285.
02:30Then, the screen changes.
02:32In 60 seconds, your phone will be destroyed.
02:36Alex panics.
02:38He throws the phone onto the bed.
02:40Nothing happens.
02:4130 seconds pass.
02:43Then, the phone receives another notification.
02:46You are trying to change the future.
02:49Alex freezes.
02:51Because that sentence means something terrifying.
02:54The phone knows what he's thinking.
02:56He grabs it.
02:57A new prediction appears.
02:59Do not open your front door.
03:01Alex looks toward the door.
03:03Someone knocks.
03:04Three times.
03:06He doesn't move.
03:07Another notification appears.
03:09If you open the door, you will save a life.
03:12Alex hesitates.
03:14Now he has a choice.
03:15He opens the door.
03:17Standing outside is a stranger.
03:19The man is injured and desperate.
03:21He tells Alex that someone is chasing him.
03:24Alex calls the police.
03:26The stranger survives.
03:28For the first time, Alex feels like the phone isn't just predicting the future.
03:31Maybe it's giving him opportunities.
03:33So Alex tests the theory.
03:35He deliberately does the opposite of every prediction.
03:38When the phone says he'll take the elevator, he takes the stairs.
03:42When it predicts rain, he goes outside without an umbrella.
03:47When it says a friend will call, he turns his phone off.
03:51And something strange happens.
03:53The predictions begin changing.
03:56The future isn't fixed.
03:58It's reacting.
04:00Every decision creates another possible future.
04:02But then the phone shows Alex something he never expected.
04:05A notification appears.
04:08Tomorrow, 8 p.m.
04:09You will die.
04:11Alex's entire world stops.
04:13This isn't a traffic prediction.
04:15This is his death.
04:16He desperately searches for ways to prevent it.
04:19He stays home.
04:20The phone says he'll die at home.
04:22He leaves.
04:23The phone changes the prediction.
04:25He travels to another city.
04:26He destroys the phone.
04:27A backup appears on his laptop.
04:30He throws away every device.
04:31A notification appears on a public screen.
04:34You cannot escape a future you already know.
04:36Now Alex realizes the terrifying possibility.
04:40Maybe the phone is showing him a future that exists because he knows about it.
04:44His attempts to escape could actually be creating it.
04:48So Alex makes one final decision.
04:50He stops checking the phone.
04:51He puts it in a drawer.
04:53He refuses to look at the future.
04:55Hours pass.
04:57Nothing happens.
04:58Then the clock reaches 8 p.m.
05:01Alex is still alive.
05:03He smiles.
05:04Maybe he defeated the prediction.
05:08Then his phone lights up inside the drawer.
05:10Alex slowly opens it.
05:12There is one final notification.
05:14Not tomorrow.
05:15Not next week.
05:16Not even next year.
05:17It says,
05:19Prediction complete.
05:21Alex's smile disappears.
05:23A second message appears.
05:25You were never the person we were predicting.
05:28And then the screen displays a photograph.
05:31It's Alex.
05:32But he's standing in a place he's never seen before.
05:36Behind him is a massive city.
05:38The skyline is completely different.
05:40And standing beside him are thousands of people holding identical phones.
05:45Every screen shows the same message.
05:49The future has arrived.
05:52Alex looks at his phone.
05:53For the first time, there is no prediction.
05:56Instead, there is a question.
05:57Do you want to see what happens next?
06:00And that's where the real mystery begins.
06:03Because if your phone could predict the future,
06:05would you actually want to know it?
06:07Did you ever say anything about that?
06:07But you're all going to understand.
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