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How to Be a Freelance Copywriter in the Year 3025

Plus — 10% off cryogenically leaving the 21st century behind!

Jef van de Graaf™
3 min readFeb 28, 2025
See you in the future, Copy Cowboy. (Photo from Cowboy Bebop. #iykyk)

Disclaimer: This is purely fiction. No AI overlords were consulted in the making of this article. (Yet.) If you’re from the year 3025 and reading this — please tell me freelancing still exists.

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The year is 3025. The world is unrecognizable. Cities float. AI overlords govern most industries. Humans have colonized Mars, and intergalactic trade routes are more profitable than Earth-based economies.

And yet… businesses still need copywriters.

Yes, even in a world where sentient algorithms craft sales pitches in nanoseconds, there’s something irreplaceable about the human touch — the ability to weave a story, to inject emotion, to convince a skeptical Martian entrepreneur that their moonrock-infused protein bars will revolutionize the solar system.

You? You’re one of the few left — a freelance copywriter in the age of AI. Here’s how to survive (and thrive) in this bizarre, high-tech world.

1. Pick Your Niche: Galactic or AI-Resistant?

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