By normal standards, the premises we like to discuss in AH circles can seem bemusing and strange. The American Revolution failing, the Central Powers winning World War One, even an inverted Cold War scenario or two where America and Russia play completely “swapped” roles. Certainly, such worlds would be quite different, with the denizens of those TLs probably thinking similarly about us.
And then, there are PoDs that’d take the human story in a completely different direction than anything close to our contemporary frame of reference—no Industrial Revolution, a surviving Roman Republic, or other species of humans continuing to live alongside Homo Sapiens (rather than go extinct, as IOTL). Because of that, the sheer oddness of these alternate worlds make for particularly interesting counterfactuals, which I’d very much like to see more of. To that end, what PoDs have the potential to create an unrecognizable world?
Thank you in advance,
Zyobot
And then, there are PoDs that’d take the human story in a completely different direction than anything close to our contemporary frame of reference—no Industrial Revolution, a surviving Roman Republic, or other species of humans continuing to live alongside Homo Sapiens (rather than go extinct, as IOTL). Because of that, the sheer oddness of these alternate worlds make for particularly interesting counterfactuals, which I’d very much like to see more of. To that end, what PoDs have the potential to create an unrecognizable world?
Thank you in advance,
Zyobot