Contemporary History
Scenarios from 1945 CE to present day
What If The Information Age Never Emerged?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the technological revolution of computing and networking failed to materialize, leaving humanity without the digital transformation that has defined our modern world.
What If The Information Economy Never Emerged?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the digital revolution stalled, and the information-based economy that defines our modern world never came to dominate global markets and society.
What If The Integrated Circuit Was Never Developed?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the integrated circuit was never invented, fundamentally altering the trajectory of computing, telecommunications, and virtually every aspect of modern technological society.
What If The International Criminal Court Never Formed?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the Rome Statute failed to gain sufficient support, leaving the world without its first permanent international criminal tribunal and reshaping global justice and accountability.
What If The International Monetary Fund Was Never Formed?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference failed to establish the IMF, fundamentally altering the post-WWII economic order and global financial stability mechanisms.
What If The International Space Station Was Never Built?
Exploring the alternate timeline where international cooperation in space collapsed after the Cold War, preventing the construction of humanity's most ambitious orbital laboratory and permanently altering the trajectory of human spaceflight.