The Age of Ants

By 3019, the human population had surpassed 15 billion, and dwindling resources were on the verge of bringing society to collapse. Yet technology still wasn't advanced enough for humanity to migrate off Earth. Chaos, war, poverty, hunger, disease, genetic gifts, elements, ancestral bloodlines, and everything unknown filled the world. Then a scientist proposed a plan: What if humanity had only one inch...? The United Nations put it to a vote among the people of the world… (P.S. Welcome to a brand-new fictional world. Let's rediscover Earth and set out once more on our journey into the cosmos.)