Technological Innovations
Scenarios exploring how different technological developments or their timing might have changed history
What If Antitrust Enforcement Was Stronger?
Exploring the alternate timeline where American and global antitrust regulations were more aggressively enforced, potentially reshaping corporate consolidation, market power, and technological development across the global economy.
What If Apple Went Bankrupt in The 1990s?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Apple failed to survive its 1990s crisis, dramatically altering the landscape of personal computing, smartphones, and digital media.
What If Apple's Walled Garden Was Opened Earlier?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Apple adopted a more open approach to its ecosystem in the early iPhone era, potentially reshaping the mobile industry, software development paradigms, and digital economy.
What If Arcades Never Became Popular?
Exploring the alternate timeline where video game arcades failed to capture public imagination, dramatically altering the trajectory of gaming culture, technology development, and digital entertainment.
What If Artificial Intelligence Development Stalled?
Exploring the alternate timeline where artificial intelligence research hit insurmountable barriers in the early 2000s, dramatically altering the trajectory of technological development, digital economies, and global power dynamics in the 21st century.
What If Artificial Intelligence Disrupted Employment Earlier?
Exploring the alternate timeline where AI-driven automation reached disruptive employment capabilities in the early 2000s rather than the 2020s, fundamentally reshaping labor markets and societies decades earlier.