What If a Pandemic Killed Half of Humanity?
• 7 min read • survival
Four billion dead in months. Not enough people to run power plants, hospitals, or farms. The survivors face a world built for double the population.
Daily thought experiments, philosophical puzzles, and impossible scenarios explored in depth. One question at a time.
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What If Your House Had Feelings?
• 6 min read • fun
It flinches when you slam doors. Sighs when you forget to clean. Cries during renovations. Home ownership becomes an emotional relationship.
What If You Aged Backwards?
• 6 min read • science
Born old, die as an infant. Your twenties are everyone else's seventies. Retirement comes first. University comes last. Dating is profoundly confusing.
What If Genghis Khan Conquered Europe?
• 7 min read • survival
The Mongol Empire stretching from Beijing to Lisbon. European feudalism crushed under horse archers. The Renaissance never begins.
What If the Ozone Layer Disappeared?
• 7 min read • science
UV radiation floods the surface. Skin cancer rates skyrocket within weeks. Outdoor life becomes impossible without full-body protection.
What If the Space Race Never Happened?
• 7 min read • science
No Sputnik panic, no Apollo programme, no GPS, no weather satellites. The Cold War stays on the ground and the sky stays unexplored.
What If Your Wi-Fi Password Was Your Deepest Secret?
• 6 min read • fun
Guests ask to connect and you have to type it in front of them. Public Wi-Fi becomes group therapy. Network security meets personal exposure.
What If No One Had to Work?
• 7 min read • society
Universal basic income taken to its extreme. Some people create masterpieces. Most binge Netflix. Society doesn't collapse — it just gets really boring.
What If Crows Organised Into Armies?
• 7 min read • survival
They already recognise faces, hold grudges, and use tools. Add military structure and humanity has a genuine rival — with air superiority.
What If You Could Talk to Your Younger Self?
• 6 min read • philosophy
You'd give advice they'd ignore, warn about mistakes they'd make anyway, and realise the kid was smarter about some things than you are now.