> Some days I dream of a distant future in which an average being (human or otherwise) comes in contact with [today's technology]. > “Any sufficiently advanced

> Some days I dream of a distant future in which an average being (human or otherwise) comes in contact with [today's technology]. > “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” -Arthur C. Clarke That is precisely the premise of the "science & sorcery" genre or hyper-sci-fi as I like to call it, where relatively primitive people regularly stumble upon ancient technology that they can't hope to comprehend but use it for its incidental effects. For example a smartphone may be good as a compact light source but not much else, or a hard drive for its shiny sharp discs and magnets. See the Numenera RPG, set a billion (!) years into Earth's future after several civilizations have risen and collapsed: http://numenera.com http://numenera.com