Contemporary History
Scenarios from 1945 CE to present day
What If The Federal Reserve Was Never Created?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the United States never established its central banking system in 1913, potentially reshaping American monetary policy, economic development, and global financial influence throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.
What If The Fukushima Disaster Never Happened?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster was averted, potentially altering global energy policies, Japan's economic trajectory, and the future of nuclear power worldwide.
What If The Game Boy Was Never Created?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Nintendo's revolutionary handheld gaming device never made it to market, dramatically altering the trajectory of portable gaming and potentially reshaping the entire video game industry.
What If The Gay Rights Movement Never Emerged?
Exploring the alternate timeline where organized advocacy for LGBTQ+ rights failed to coalesce into a movement, profoundly altering social progress, legal protections, and cultural attitudes toward sexual and gender minorities.
What If The Gay Rights Movement Never Happened?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the organized LGBT+ rights movement failed to materialize in the mid-20th century, radically altering the course of civil rights, social attitudes, and personal freedoms across the globe.
What If The German Fraunhofer Institutes Took a Different Approach?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Germany's influential Fraunhofer Society pursued a fundamentally different research and technology transfer model, dramatically altering the course of European innovation and global technological development.