Day 161: March 8, 2025 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Something I love about Brazil: it takes care of its seniors. Public transportation is free for those over 65, as are many museums and other attractions. I took full advantage of the free admission to both the Modern Museum of Art (my previous blog entry), as well as the futuristic Museum of Tomorrow.

“The area called Us, the last part of the Main Exhibition, features a light and sound display. The setting is based on an “oca”, an indigenous house of knowledge, where the elders share cultural information and wisdom with younger generations. The wooden longhouse is lit by over 1,000 bulbs, which turn on and off and change color (with shades reminiscent of the sunrise and sunset) in synch with soft music. This sensory experience was designed by architect Mônica Lobo, designer Muti Randolph and composer Lucas Marcier. The exhibit aims to communicate the notion that it is always tomorrow since the sun is always rising somewhere in the world, and each dawn is different because every day is a new day.” –Museu do Amanha

The exhibits were very interactive. This one asked you to answer a series of questions to predict what kind of human you are.

My answer was Yes to all of the above, which put me in this category:

But, there seems to be a little wiggle room in the prediction, because when I took the quiz a second time (with different questions), I was this: