Unnecessaries

We fear machines, we fear AI, but it has always been ourselves, that we should have feared the most. This is the story of the Unnecessaries, and how it all began... It is the year 2084, on planet Earth. The whole world is governed by a Philosophers Council - an assembly of (mostly) wise and (mostly) benevolent women and men, whose job is to decide what should be done, and how and when it should be done too, a job which The Philosophers enjoy fulfilling, since no matter what the results of their decisions are, they will not be held accountable. The Philosophers are being made aware that the time has finally come, to completely free humans of the need to work, a celebratory day by all accounts, but not everything goes according to their plan. Well, at first it does, but then it doesn't, when the whole clandestine plan is discovered, and all because one guy (who hasn't even had the chance to ask a co-worker if he is gay or not, and more importantly, if he is into him, before this co-worker disappeared), decides to do everything he can, in order to discover what the hell is going on, and why people have stopped showing up for work. Two books in this series have already been written, each is set in a different decade. This is the first.   A bit about me: I am beginning my Master's Degree in Cognitive Psychology this upcoming academic year, and as such, I am deeply interested in how people think and why they behave the way they do. Much like my characters, I'm gay.    I will appreciate questions, if you find that something is unclear, and you are more than welcome to comment about whatever is on your mind. I will do my best to answer.