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The setting really allows for some fantastic stories: - There's a story about a world where the local archailect forbids all non-animal power sources for some r
by WJW 6y ago
The setting really allows for some fantastic stories:
- There's a story about a world where the local archailect forbids all non-animal power sources for some reason, but high tech itself is still allowed. This leads to hyper-optimised tech like computer-stabilised bicycles on metal rails that have so little resistance they get up to hundreds of km/h.
- The "rebuild nanotech civilisation from scratch" reality TV show where a group of people gets dropped naked onto an uninhabited planet and have to work their tech level high enough up to get back to orbit, kinda like factorio but as a game show. The current record is 72 years, set by a group of superhumans who gene-engineered themselves to need less food and no sleep.
- The whole sub-genre of humans who don't trust the ruling AIs and build their ships to be invisible against the background radiation of the universe.
And so many more. Highly recommended.