Technological Innovations
Scenarios exploring how different technological developments or their timing might have changed history
What If New Zealand Adopted Bitcoin as Legal Tender?
Exploring the economic, political, and social consequences if New Zealand became the first developed nation to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, transforming its financial system and global economic position.
What If New Zealand Became a Major Global Tech Hub?
Exploring how New Zealand's economy, society, and global standing would have transformed if it had developed into a leading technology center rivaling Silicon Valley, fundamentally altering its development trajectory and international influence.
What If the Printing Press Was Never Invented?
Exploring how European and world history would have unfolded if Gutenberg's printing press had never been invented, fundamentally altering the spread of knowledge, religious reform, and scientific progress.
What If Renewable Energy Replaced Fossil Fuels in the 1980s?
Exploring how an early transition to renewable energy in the 1980s would have transformed global geopolitics, economics, urban development, and the environment, averting the climate crisis while reshaping modern society.
What If Quantum Computing Emerged in the 1980s?
Exploring how the early development of practical quantum computing in the 1980s would have transformed technology, cryptography, scientific research, and global power dynamics decades ahead of our timeline.
What If The Chernobyl Disaster Never Happened?
Exploring how nuclear energy development, Soviet politics, and global environmental movements would have evolved if the world's worst nuclear accident had been prevented in 1986.