Scenarios about 'technology'
Technology encompasses the tools, machines, systems, and methods created through the application of scientific knowledge to solve problems or perform specific functions. Throughout history, technological innovations from the wheel to artificial intelligence have fundamentally altered human capabilities, economic systems, and social structures. In alternate history scenarios, divergent technological development paths often serve as critical points of departure, exploring how different invention timelines or technological priorities might have reshaped civilizations and power dynamics.
What If Tallinn Developed Its Tech Sector Earlier?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Estonia's capital became a European tech hub in the 1980s, potentially reshaping the fall of the Soviet Union and the digital landscape of Eastern Europe.
What If The Digital Revolution Never Occurred?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the technological advancements of the late 20th century took a different path, preventing the digital transformation that reshaped our world.
What If the Industrial Revolution Started Earlier?
Exploring how world history would have unfolded if the Industrial Revolution had begun centuries earlier, fundamentally altering the development of technology, society, and global power structures.
What If Social Media Never Existed?
Exploring how modern society, politics, and human relationships would have developed if Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other social media platforms were never created.
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 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.