​Is this start of the chapter worthwhile reading?

Disclaimer: I write for myself first and foremost but it happen to be the case that a few friends got hooked on my writing and the world I created. So of course, I don’t wanna disappoint these people and give them something creative to read that is out of the norm but still fun to read.

(First bit of the first chapter, full chapter is 9k words with lots more worldbuilding, do I wanted to start big before dumping the first bits of lore)

In the year 2000, the world was at a peak. Things were looking good for many people despite the outrages. Opportunities everywhere and everyone wanted a piece of what seemed to be at the time, endless wealth and a better life through technological advancements. With more luxury and technological advancements in entertainment and living, humanity has finally gotten to breathe through and chill after years of depression and oppression. ‘Think free’ and ‘Think for yourself’ have become the new way of living. People traveled all over the world, started a family with great expectations, bought houses and cars their parents could have never been able to afford. A ticket around the world? First class? Banks gladly give you a loan. Houses, cars and machines became bigger, smarter, faster and most importantly, better. Or at least, that’s what the people were hoping for. Perhaps it went all too fast too quickly, maybe it was just not the right time. Because in the distant future of 2255, things in the world are still a constant struggle despite the marvelous advancements.

As the first humans proudly presented a fire to one another with excitement, the excitement was lost over the years and turned into a daily use to cook and keep yourself and your people warm. And still to this day, we humans find joy and excitement whenever we find out something new. While companies became larger and growing with much success, the world around it answered. Big inflation, big climate changes and of course the only place of tranquility to escape reality, the world wide web.

“Yo, check out this trashcan, it spits trash!” Was the first thing Nick ‘from out of town’ was waking up to. And just as confused as anyone would be, Nick was just as confused when he stared with sleepy eyes at his smartwatch that played an endless loop of a dancing trashcan in front of a colorful spiral background. Of course he would spend the next twenty minutes staring at the screen and scrolling past the repetitive trashcan meme, trying to get the picture back out of his head by something calming, or different at tge very least, only to be met with the same meme over and over again. In the year 2255, things went far different to what the people in the year 2000 would have expected. No flying cars, no immortality, and for the tragedy of many, not a single worthwhile sex robot. The world wanted to become better at everything, yet different parts of this world were better left alone.