House-hunting in 2045: Not Science Fiction, but a Warning Shot for Jamaica Today

Dean Jones’ House-hunting in 2045 is not, despite first impressions, a piece of speculative futurism designed to dazzle readers with shiny technology. It is something far more uncomfortable and far more useful: a provocation. It asks Jamaicans—especially policymakers, planners, professionals, and investors—to confront a simple question now, not in 2045: are we preparing young Jamaicans to inherit a property system that works for them, or one that quietly locks them out?

At its core, the article is not about artificial intelligence, blockchain, or digital twins. It is about agency—who gets access to property, who understands risk, who can build wealth, and who is left navigating an opaque maze designed for an earlier century.

Jones’ framing, centred on a Jamaican child born today, is deliberate. It forces the reader to shift perspective away from nostalgia and personal experience and toward generational responsibility. The future buyer he describes will not be impressed by aesthetics alo…