society

society ← cross cultural issue

alien point of view	alternate points of view	attitude towards the dead	commoner's point of view	conflict of privacy preferences	cultural exchange	enemy point of view	foreign point of view	future point of view	multicultural community	past point of view	primitive point of view	religious point of view	when in Rome
AI point of view, transcendental point of view							adapting to life in a foreign culture, conflict of cultural norms, foreign customs, learning about a foreign culture				science as magic to the primitive

society ← international issue

appeasement policy	arms race	arms trade	competition among nations	conflicting systems of jurisprudence	diplomacy	diplomacy vs. force	détente	exported pollution	extradition	first contact	international politics	international sanctions	nuclear proliferation	political asylum	political neutrality	reconciliation between two peoples	sporting to promote peace	terrorism	the morality of colonization	transnational conflict over a claimed territory	transnational conflict over a shared resource	transnational conflict over environmental concern	transnational conflict over historical revisionism	transnational conflict over political ideology	transnational institution for peace	war
					diplomatic compromising, factions joining forces against a common enemy, interfactional mediation, peace process																					civil war	war crimes	weapons of mass destruction		aerial bombing of cities, atrocities of war, civilians suffering in war, defection, ...
																										military coup, self-coup	wartime comfort women	nuclear weapons	biological weapons, chemical weapons
																												nuclear holocaust

society ← national social issue

educational issue	environmental issue					form of government					gender issue			law and order issue												military issue		political issue		public health issue	sociocultural issue					socioeconomic issue				sociotechnological issue				special interest group issue
child labor, creationism, historical revisionism, illiteracy in society, ...	environmentalism	human overpopulation	pollution in society	waste management	climate change and bureaucratic inaction, eco-terrorism, endangered species, handling of industrial accidents, ...	political ideology				absolute monarchy, anarchy, aristocracy, autocracy, ...	sexual norms in society		equal career opportunities for women, female education, female independence, forced fatherhood, ...	crime in society						dangerous driving in society	treatment of prisoners	violence in society	violent crime	war crimes	black markets in society, body snatching in society, bullying, capital punishment, ...	military secrecy	antigovernment militia movement, desertion, drugs for military use, prisoners of war, ...	indoctrination in society	abuse of authority, abuse of real power, activism, anti-war activism, ...	MMORPGs in society, alcohol in society, epidemics in society, genetically modified food in society, ...	relations between social groups in society				Christmas traditions, antiscience in society, arranged marriage, celebrity culture in society, ...	commercialism in society	immigration in society	social inequality	adds in society, apartheid, big banking in society, economic depression, ...	information technology in society	machines in society	out of control technology	autonomous weapon systems in society, cryogenics in society, data privacy, genetic engineering in society, ...	child power, child's point of view, feral children in society, orphans in society, ...
	exported pollution	life extension leading to overpopulation	oil spills in society	toxic waste management		contraposed political ideologies	fascism	socialism	capitalism, communism, feminism, free inquiry vs. obedience, ...		homosexuality in society	abortion, bestiality, birth control, bisexualism, ...		fraud in society	murder in society			theft in society	aircraft hijacking in society, archaeological looting, arson in society, art forgery in society, ...	drunk driving in society	prisoners being exploited for entertainment	gun violence in society	crime of passion	wartime comfort women		covert military operation		government indoctrination, military indoctrination			hatred in society		prejudice in society			commercial made-up holidays in society	border-wall building in society, treatment of immigrants	healthcare inequality, inequality in the justice system		Internet crime in society, social media in society	workers replaced by machines	out of control AI
						anarchy vs. rule of law, aristocracy vs. bourgeoisie, conservative vs. liberal, cooperation vs. competition, ...	Nazism	Christian socialism			lesbianism, male homosexuality			insurance fraud in society	dominicide	parricide	infanticide, mass murder in society, poison murder in society, serial murder in society	burglary in society													hatred of exceptional people	ethnic hatred	racism in society	AI prejudice in society, class prejudice in society, lookism in society, prejudice against ex-convicts, ...								AI takeover
															regicide	avunculicide, filicide, fratricide, matricide, ...															anti-intellectualism in society		antisemitism in society, racial supremacism

society ← problem of language and meaning

Flatland communication problem

communicating with deaf people

communicating with someone who speaks a different language

incompatible modes of communication

language change

language of musical notes

learning languages

pictographic writing system

ritualistic communication

the limits of language

understanding by metaphor

society ← social ethical issue

human rights issue					medical ethical issue		social ethical dilemma
AI rights	animal rights	exploitation of sentient beings	the right to privacy	animal cruelty, animal testing, children's rights, civil rights, ...	unethical human experimentation	The Hippocratic Oath, deciding what is best for the patient, doctor assisted suicide, doctor lying to comfort a patient, ...	the ethics of interfering in the internal affairs of other powers	choosing between murderous regimes, destroying one people to save another, exploiting another society, eye for an eye justice, ...
killing an artificial person	the killing of animals	child exploitation, worker exploitation	the right to privacy of thoughts		unethical psychological experimentation		interfering in the internal affairs of other powers for humanitarian reasons, taking sides in an international conflict, the ethics of interfering in less advanced societies

speculative fiction theme

speculative fiction theme ← crackpot theory

Atlantis	Bermuda Triangle	Counter-Earth	Hollow Earth	Phaeton hypothesis	alien abduction	alien experiment	alien impregnation of human females	alien origin of a superstition	alien origin of a technology	alien origin of near-death experiences	alien origin of religious claims	alien origin of the human race	aliens eating people	aliens inspiring great people	aliens meddling in ancient history	aliens meddling in history	aliens talking to us in our dreams	ancient alien archive	ancient puzzle	conspiracy theory	crackpot aging theory	crackpot theory of cattle mutilation	cryptid	déjà vu	extrasensory perception	fake aphrodisiacs	flying saucer theory of UFOs	impostor living secretly among us	intelligent dinosaurs	lost continent of Mu	men in black conspiracy theory	mystical aura	people meddling in history	psychic detective	secret society conspiracy theory	speculation that the Devil is not so bad after all	speculative hypnosis	speculative subliminal stimuli	spontaneous human combustion	the genius was really a time traveler	the historical figure was really an alien	the mythological figure was really an alien
																							Bigfoot, Loch Ness Monster, Yeti, living dinosaur					alien living secretly among us, immortal living secretly among us, machine living secretly among us, time traveler living secretly among us					aliens meddling in history, time traveler meddling in history									the Devil is an alien, the god is an alien

speculative fiction theme ← extraordinary experience

body swap	fall from grace	from zero to hero	psychoactive drug experience	rise to prominence from humble beginnings	what if I became telepathically linked with someone else	what if I could only speak the truth	what if I found myself in a different time	what if I found myself in a strange place	what if I had a secret guardian	what if I met an extraordinary person	what if I underwent a physical metamorphosis	what if I were a man who got pregnant	what if I were in a tight spot				what if I were not subject to the normal process of aging	what if an aspect of my personality was slightly different	what if my life were different		what if my personal identity came into question		what if my thoughts became reality	what if someone around me changed	what if the fate of the world was in my hands	what if the people around me changed
			psychedelic experience				what if I caught a glimpse of the future, what if I found myself in the future, what if I found myself in the past, what if I lived backwards in time but kept my present memories, ...	what if I could never go home, what if I could travel around inside a human body, what if I found myself in a high gravity environment, what if I found myself in a low gravity environment, ...		what if I met a Viking, what if I met an historical figure, what if I met my distance descendants, what if I met my double, ...	what if I grew in size, what if I shrank in size, what if I were gradually turning into stone		facing an extraordinary accusation	what if I fell into the clutches of a person with malicious intent	what if I was held captive and made an exhibition object	what if I became accessory to a friend's crime, what if I became separated from my parents, what if I became witness to a suspected crime, what if I couldn't move because of a poisonous animal, ...	immortality, rapid aging process, what if I aged backwards, what if I could be young again, ...		what if I lived an alternate life	what if I became extremely lucky, what if I could do anything I wanted without repercussions, what if I could trade in a family member for someone else, what if I had a life-changing stroke of good fortune, ...	what if I found myself in the body of another person	what if I became a simulation, what if I discovered that I was a facsimile of someone else, what if I found out I was a different person than I thought I was, what if I found out I was a simulation, ...		what if I could edit my lover, what if I found out my lover was despicable, what if a loved one became possessed by another being, what if my partner switched gender, ...		what if everybody and everything was frozen in time, what if everyone lost control of their inhibitions, what if everyone suddenly started to communicate differently, what if everyone turned into zombies, ...
													what if I was accused of a crime that I didn't commit	what if I fell into the clutches of a homicidal maniac	what if I was a specimen animal in a zoo				what if I were in a coma-like state		what if I found myself in a body of the opposite sex, what if I found myself in the body of a child, what if I found myself in the body of an alien
													what if I were being framed for a crime

speculative fiction theme ← how to commit a crime and get away with it

how to crack a safe

how to murder someone and get away with it

how to rob a bank and get away with it

speculative fiction theme ← interplanetary war

speculative fiction theme ← space colonization

colonization of Alpha Centauri

colonization of Earth

colonization of Mars

colonization of Mercury

colonization of Pluto

colonization of Venus

colonization of the Moon

colonization of the Sun

speculative fiction theme ← speculative ability

magic powers	speculative ability related to another being					speculative ability related to own body					speculative ability related to own mind		speculative ability related to physical things		speculative ability related to reality at large
	mind to mind interaction ability		speculative communication	speculative remote living body manipulation		speculative personal body manipulation		speculative personal locomotion	speculative personal resilience	directed energy shooting ability	clairvoyance	dream walking, memories from past lives, photographic memory ability, remote projection of self	telekinetic ability	ability to make things disappear, electricity manipulation ability, pyrokinetic ability, thought materialization ability	time rewind ability, time slow down ability, unbounded thought powers
	telepathic ability	mind attack ability, mind control ability	ability to communicate with animals, ability to communicate with plants	remote harming ability	healing ability	speculatively magnified ordinary personal ability	intangibility ability, invisibility ability, self-healing ability, shapeshifting	aquatic ability, flying ability, teleportation ability	immortality, imperviousness to physical damage, unkillable attribute		precognition, prophetic ability, remote viewing, retrocognition		telekinetic machine manipulation ability
	mind reading ability			deadly touch ability		ability to see through solid objects, super hearing, super intelligence, super reflexes, ...

speculative fiction theme ← speculative being

artificial being				biologically distinguished being											emergently intelligent being	fictional character come to life	inanimate object come to life	intelligent animal	legendary being		locationally distinguished being				mentally distinguished being	monster		shape distinguished being		size distinguished being		speculative human	supersoldier	transcendental being
android	genetically engineered person	virtual person	brain augmented soldier, cyborg, disembodied head, robot helper, ...	animal and plant patterned being		hybrid being		inhospitable environment dwelling being	inorganic being		parasitic being		sexually distinguished being	assimilating beings, being composed of autonomous parts, being that feeds on electricity, being that feeds on radiation, ...			anthropomorphic object come to life		wish-granting being	Bigfoot, European dragon, Lilliputian being, Loch Ness Monster, ...	extraterrestrial being		subterranean being	four-dimensional being, two-dimensional being	binary thinking being, collectively intelligent beings, dream walking being, emotionless emotion craving being, ...	undead being		giant monster, mummy, shadow monster, werewolf	shapeshifter	ball-shaped being, blobform, brain-shaped being, incorporeal being	microscopic being		Lilliputian being, giant person, giant space amoeba, living planet, ...	doppelgänger	drug enhanced supersoldier, genetically engineered soldier
android clone of a person	genetically engineered soldier	artificial autonomous sentient coworker, digital clone of a person, virtual lover		fish-like being	amphibian-like being, ape-like being, avian being, canine-like being, ...	human-arthropod hybrid	centaur, cyborg, human-alien hybrid, human-amphibian hybrid, ...	black hole dwelling being	silicon-based being	crystalline being, electromagnetic being, fire-based being, gaseous being	neural parasite	invisible parasites, life force draining being, vampire	gender neutral being, lethal mating practice being, multi-gendered being				evil doll		genie in a lamp		spaceborne being	Jovian extraterrestrial, Martian extraterrestrial, Moon people, Neptunian extraterrestrial, ...	mole people			incorporeal spirit	living corpse		bio-mimicking life form		neural parasite	brain memory virus, microscopic sentient life form, sentient nanomachines, subatomic bacteria
				human-fish hybrid		human-arachnid hybrid, human-insect hybrid			rock being		brain memory virus										giant space amoeba, living planet, living space cloud, space protozoa, ...					ghost	undead skeleton, vampire, zombie				brain memory virus
																										personal haunting

speculative fiction theme ← speculative habitat

habitable planet in a binary star system

habitable planet in a trinary star system

hollowed out asteroid habitat

ice planet

isolated prehistoric land

magical land in the sky

military training moon

ocean planet

off-world prison colony

rotating space habitat

twin earth

underwater city

water planet to the core

speculative fiction theme ← speculative punishment

aging punishment

cryogenic suspension punishment

mindwipe punishment

speculative fiction theme ← speculative reality

cyclical time universe	four-dimensional space	multiverse	non-Euclidean space	parallel universe	reverse universe	speculative natural object	speculative natural process		the universe is a dream	the universe is a simulation	two-dimensional space	universe in an atom	universe-in-a-box
						edge of the universe	speculative evolution	devolution, discrete time, human thought virus, life force transfer, ...
							the future of human evolution

speculative fiction theme ← speculative society

alternate history	biased sex-ratio society	community of abandoned children	dystopia		institutionalized human blood sports society	multi-species civilization	robotic civilization	single-gender society	society consisting of only children	society in which victims sentence their own assailants	society living in space	society with a maximum age limit	space tourism	speculative future event														subterranean civilization	telepathic society	thoughtcrime society	utopia						what if a child had power over adults	xenophobic isolationist society
what if Britain had won the American Revolutionary War, what if the Nazis had won, what if the Roman Empire never fell	female-only society		conformist dystopia	ads everywhere dystopia, bureaucratic dystopia, communist dystopia, consumerist dystopia, ...										existential risk to civilization													World War III, peace on Earth, the technological singularity, what if every woman suddenly got pregnant at the same time, ...				ruling elite utopia	technologically enabled utopia	technology-free utopia	utopia based on a view of human nature	utopia based on exploitation of a group	fabled land of goodness, free market utopia, kill all humans utopia, start-over utopia
			people forced to be average dystopia											anthropogenic existential risk to civilization						force of nature existential risk to civilization			threat from extraterrestrial life			supernatural existential risk to civilization					council of wise-men utopia, machine controlled society, master race controlled society, mind controlled society	genetic engineering utopia, hive mind utopia, machine controlled society, post-scarcity economy utopia, ...	neo-Luddist utopia, noble savage utopia	free love utopia, kumbayah utopia, peaceful telepathic utopia	utopia on the back of android labor, utopia on the back of human clone labor, utopia on the back of slave labor
														institutional risk to civilization			technological risk to civilization		close encounter with a stray artificial object	approaching astronomical object event	catastrophic solar event	atmospheric dissipation, catastrophic encounter with another universe, catastrophic flood, displacement by a rising new species, ...	accidental alien destruction of planetary civilization	attack from outer space	alien brought pandemic, attack from Inner Earth, being wiped out by more powerful aliens, invasive life form from outer space, ...
														annihilation by WMDs	ecological destruction	atrophied civilization, global warming, overpopulated world, war of mutual annihilation	destructive biotechnology	AI takeover, autonomous weapons system killing everyone, out of control scientific experiment, planet being cracked apart by nuclear blast, ...		asteroid impact, close encounter with a passing astronomical object, moon slowly spiraling into a planet	dying sun, expanding sun, planet scorching solar flare, sun going supernova		accidental alien destruction of planetary ecosystem	attack from outer space by a genocidal enemy, attack from outer space by a giant spaceborne being, attack from outer space by a powerful conquering enemy, attack from outer space by a world eating machine
														annihilation by a device that stops fusion in a star, annihilation by a planet busting device, nuclear holocaust, orchestrated asteroid bombardment	depletion of a vital natural resource		cloning-related replicative fading, human-made pandemic, self-replicating gray goo consuming the world

speculative fiction theme ← speculative technology

artificial intelligence				astronomical impact avoidance	augmented reality	gravity manipulating technology	hologram	human enhancement technology							invisibility technology	matter manipulating technology	mecha robot	mind altering technology							perfect prediction of future events	spacetime manipulating technology	speculative biotechnology		speculative device													speculative energy generation technology		speculative engineering										speculative nanotechnology	speculative virtual reality	speculative weapon	stasis technology		synthetic food
android	sentient machine	virtual person	AI assistant, AI companion, AI safeguards, android clone of a person, ...			anti-gravity technology, artificial gravity technology		body implant	body part transplant	brain implant	cure for an as yet uncurable disease	life extension technology	species transmutation	accelerated growth rate therapy, appearance altering technology, artificial body part, brain disembodiment technology, ...	invisible spaceship, personal invisibility cloak, planetary invisibility cloak	food synthesizer, give-you-anything scanner, matter duplicator, matter replicator, ...		brain-computer interface		duplicate of a person	memory erasure	memory implantation technology	mind transfer technology	dream world generating technology, intelligence augmentation technology, mass mind control, mind control technology, ...		device bigger inside than outside, space folding travel technology, time freezing device	speculative genetic engineering	DNA encoded message, bioengineered human pathogen, biological computer, biological machinery, ...	once speculative device	pod or booth-like device		self-replicating machine	speculative handheld device	speculative torture device	speculative vehicle			speculative wearable device			automatic surgery machine, dream materializer, dream recorder, electromagnetic catapult, ...	fusion power	antimatter power, geothermal energy from Earth's interior, human battery, perpetual energy machine	astronomical-scale engineering		engineered space structure				planetary-scale engineering		sub-planetary-scale engineering		self-replicating nanomachines, sentient nanomachines	digital afterlife, speculative virtual reality headset, virtual reality room, virtual reality sex, ...	autonomous weapons system, death ray, handheld multifunction super gun, immobilization web, ...	suspended animation	stasis box	food pill
android clone of a person	sentient computer, sentient spaceship	artificial autonomous sentient coworker, digital clone of a person, virtual lover						implanted weapon	brain transplant, eye transplant, fetal transplant, hand transplant, ...	brain stimulating implant, cranial aggression implant	cure for Alzheimer's disease, cure for baldness, cure for blindness, cure for cancer, ...	anti-aging technology, revival long after death	species uplifting					brain implant	plug-in learning device	android clone of a person, digital clone of a person	mindwipe punishment	implanted memory punishment	mind uploading				speculative genetically modified crops		ankle bracelet, camera doorbell, dictation machine, flat-panel display, ...	teleportation device	artificial womb, disintegration chamber, sonic shower, suicide booth	self-replicating nanomachines	handheld multifunction super gun, intangibility device, sonic razor, super spy pen	pain belt, pain collar, pain implant, pain seat	speculative airship	speculative spaceship	flying car, hoverboard, mind-controlled vehicle, mobile life support device, ...	speculative glasses	speculative suit	ankle bracelet, jet pack, magnetic boots, pain belt, ...		cold fusion		stellar engineering	Dyson sphere, interstellar communication network	engineered orbital structure	engineered trans-orbital structure	space station	space mirror, space telescope, sun gun, world eating machine	speculative geoengineering	artificial planet, asteroid mining, changing the orbit of a planet around its star, hollowed out asteroid habitat, ...	speculative city	artificial island, local weather control system, undersea tunnel				cryogenic technology
																		brain stimulating implant, cranial aggression implant												space portal					flying ship	Bussard ramjet, biological spaceship, flying saucer, intangible spaceship, ...		vision beyond the visible spectrum glasses	diving suit, environmental suit, powered exoskeleton, spacesuit, ...					stellar rejuvenation		orbital weapons	mining a planet from orbit, space elevator	space dock		speculative terraforming		arcology, domed city, floating city, underground city, ...					cryogenic suspension punishment

speculative fiction theme ← speculative travel

character transported into imaginary world	journey into the underworld	space travel		time travel	travel inside a human body	travel into the Earth	voyage at sea	voyage under the sea
		teleportation device	intergalactic space travel, interplanetary space travel, interstellar space travel, orbital spaceflight, ...	grandfather paradox, the genius was really a time traveler, time machine, time portal, ...
		space portal

speculative fiction theme ← supernatural ability

the human condition

the human condition ← human idea about life

a danger shared can bring people together	a person's true character is revealed in a time of crisis	actions have consequences	appearances can be deceiving	be careful what you wish for	be mindful of first impressions	be wary of strangers	beauty is in the eye of the beholder	best laid plans often go awry	better to have loved and lost	blood is thicker than water	curiosity killed the cat	evil can come in the guise of good	fortune favors the bold	give them a finger and they'll take the whole hand	hardship makes you stronger	hate begets hate	if it ain't broke don't fix it	if it sounds too good to be true it probably isn't true	ignorance is bliss	in for a penny in for a pound	it's the future that matters not the past	it's what's on the inside that counts	live by the sword die by the sword	misfortune unites	money can't buy happiness	money can't buy love	opposites attract	people can change	people may not always live up to their reputations	practice makes perfect	quality is more important than quantity	the boy who cried wolf moral	the flip side of a promotion	the flip side of being in power	the flip side of immortality	the grass is always greener on the other side	the greatest among us is the smallest in another world	the importance of being frugal	the importance of faith	the importance of reputation	the price of freedom is eternal vigilance	the road to hell is paved with good intentions	the stupidity of crowds	the thrill is in the chase	there is nothing to fear but fear itself	there is someone for everyone	there is value in diversity	there is value in redundancy	those who do not remember the past are condemned to relive it	true beauty comes from within	we are valuable beyond what we can offer to others	we need a balance between rationality and emotionality	we need our darker side in moderation	what is ugly might still be good	with great power comes great responsibility	you can't beat the odds in the long run	you can't eat money	you can't force someone to love you	you have to take chances to get ahead	you must fight for what you want
												evil can come in the guise of beauty

the human condition ← human regular activity

academia	computer hacking	cooking	gardening	gastronomy	human occupational activity		hunting	recreational activity		sports		the fine arts and the humanities
parody on life in academia, the archaeology profession, the astronomy profession, the geology profession, ...					art related occupation	charitable volunteering, event management, journalism, law enforcement, ...		tabletop games	amateur radio, classic films, collecting objects, gambling, ...	blood sports	American football, combat sports, cricket, horse racing, ...	acting	art related activity	music	calligraphy, classic films, creative writing, dancing, ...
					the entertainment industry, the fashion industry, the publishing industry, the visual arts			Dungeons and Dragons, the game of poker		hunting people for sport		opera	art discussion	opera

the human condition ← humans in group

a danger shared can bring people together	belonging	demagoguery	family affairs										friendly competition in groups	getting along together in a confined space for an extended period	group bonding	group morale	human social position	humans at work	humans in hierarchy		humans interacting			inebriated interaction	invasion of privacy	keeping secrets	manners	mass hysteria	misfortune unites	mistrust leading to group dysfunction	negotiation	peer pressure	there is strength in unity	working together under stress
			coping with a family issue	coping with a problematic family member	divorce	human childhood		human parenting				black sheep, dark family secret, family dispute, family financial problem, ...					coping with being a laughing stock, coping with being famous, coping with being of mixed race, coping with being pitied, ...	company team building, coping with a stingy employer, coping with being ill on the job, discipline in the workplace, ...	pecking order	control by intimidation, going over someone's head, hero worship, leadership, ...	cooperation	getting along in spite of disagreement	betrayal, bluffing, clash of Wills, clash of wills, ...	coping with a drunken fool			sportsmanship, table manners				negotiating deadlock
			coping with being eclipsed by a family member	controlling family member, embarrassing family member	custody battle	coming of age	adolescence, childhood as an outsider, childhood aspirations, childhood imaginary friend, ...	educating a child	parental disappointment in child	parenting a child with special needs	absentee father, adopting a child, caring for a baby, child's need to be loved, ...								the unappreciated and unimportant at the workplace		two heads are better than one	working together in spite of disagreement
						rite of passage into manhood		children and candy from strangers, discipline of a child, intellectual development of a child, teaching children about death, ...	fatherly disappointment in a son, motherly disappointment in a son	parenting a mentally disabled child, parenting a physically disabled child

the human condition ← humans in pairs

human interpersonal relationship
friendship	human familial relationship							rivalry	romantic relationship		romantic relationship issue			a person and their clone, agent and client, boss and employee, commander and subordinate, ...
falling out of friendship, female bonding, male bonding, male-female bonding, ...	husband and wife	in-law relationship	parent and child			sibling and sibling	aunt and nephew, aunt and niece, brother and brother, brother and sister, ...	female-female rivalry, male-male rivalry	young lovers	beauty and beast romance, boyfriend and boyfriend, boyfriend and girlfriend, cross cultural romance, ...	human romantic relationship choice	romantic infidelity	bondage sex, coming out of the closet, controlling partner, coping with a failing marriage, ...
	newlywed couple	brother-in-law and brother-in-law, brother-in-law and sister-in-law, father-in-law and daughter-in-law, father-in-law and son-in-law, ...	father and son	mother and son	father and daughter, mother and daughter, parent and child rivalry	sibling rivalry			teen romance		choosing between lovers, leaving one's old life for love, love vs. career, love vs. faith, ...	extramarital affair
			fatherly disappointment in a son	motherly disappointment in a son

the human condition ← individual human experience

human challenge in life																														human character														human dreaming		human emotion									human thinking about self						human tough decision															human way of life		purpose in life
coping with life issues	coping with problematic people	coping with the death of someone			facing adversity											facing death	human emotional issue	human health condition									human in danger	suicide	coping with being in a heat wave	courage	honor	human character stereotype				human characters in contrast		loyalty	obsession	pride			chastity, childishness, chivalry, competitiveness, ...	remembering bygone days	coping with memories of a lost love, fantasy romance, remembrance, thinking about one's accomplishments in life	fear		grief			jealousy	love		anger, boredom, compassion, contempt, ...	exercising self-control	human self improvement	human worrying about self		letting go of the past	self-deception, self-justification	human life choice				human self-sacrifice			personal ethical dilemma					personal life and death dilemma	personal practical dilemma		survivalism	Golden Rule way of life, anti-technology way of life, atheism, carefree way of life, ...	human aspiration	human need						human pleasure
coping with a life-changing event, coping with being a danger to those around you, coping with being abandoned, coping with being an outcast, ...	coping with a bad boss, coping with a disobedient person, coping with a drunken fool, coping with a greedy heir, ...	coping with the death of a family member	coping with the death of a lover	coping with a massive loss of comrades, coping with suicide, coping with the death of a colleague, coping with the death of a fellow compatriot, ...	human vs. human				human vs. institution	human vs. nature			human vs. technology	human vs. the occult	good vs. evil, human vs. inexplicable adversity, human vs. monster, surviving in a wasteland	coming to terms with one's own death, coping with a terminal illness, facing one's own execution	coping with having a bad day, coping with memories of a lost love, coping with saying goodbye forever	coping with aging	human addiction		human mental condition					coping with a bad hangover, coping with a bad sunburn, coping with a disability, coping with a terminal illness, ...	coping with being injured, coping with being lost in space, coping with being lost in the forest, coping with being tortured	talking someone out of suicide		courage in the face of death	family honor	female stereotype	male stereotype		hypocritical character, loser character, mad scientist stereotype, old woman as a witch stereotype, ...	wicked character vs. virtuous character	EQ vs. IQ, artist vs. scientist, commoner vs. intellectual, extrovert vs. introvert, ...	choosing between conflicting loyalties, loyalty to a cause, loyalty to a friend, loyalty to a group, ...	obsession with a life-dedicated project, obsessive love	pride in an achievement	pride in one's family	attitude of superiority, hubris, pride in one's community, pride in one's team, ...		reminiscence about one's youth, romanticization of the past		human phobia	childhood terrors, facing one's darkest fear, fear for one's life, fear of abandonment, ...	coping with the death of someone			romantic jealousy	familial love	romantic love			repressing one's romantic desires, taking control of one's fears	accepting reliance on others, becoming a harder person, becoming a more emotionally sophisticated person, becoming a more self-assured person, ...	coming to terms with things	beating one's self up, becoming like what you oppose, being ashamed of who you are, being bitter about one's life, ...	letting go of a lover		career choice	contemplating suicide	leaving one's old life behind	Faustian bargain, choosing between love and family, deciding what to wish for, deciding whether to be a parent, ...	human self-sacrifice for another		sacrifice for one's beliefs, sacrifice to defeat an enemy, selfless service	compromising one's ethical principles for personal advantage	compromising one's ethical principles vs. great need		conflict of duty	breaking the law for personal advantage, breaking the law to cover up another crime, choosing between conflicting loyalties, choosing whether to kill someone to spare them suffering, ...	assisting in suicide, cannibalism to survive, killing for personal advantage, killing to save a loved one, ...	risk taking vs. playing it safe	carrot vs. stick, choosing between equally futile actions, choosing between equally unappealing possibilities, decision making in the face of uncertainty, ...	survivalist stereotype		the desire for a simpler life, the desire to become more human-like	human physiological need	human safety need	human self-actualization need	human self-esteem need		human social need	pleasure in eating	passion for vehicles, pleasure in nature, pleasure in violence
		coping with the death of a child, coping with the death of a parent, coping with the death of a sibling, coping with the death of a spouse	coping with the death of a spouse		facing organized pursuit	human vs. captivity	human vs. self	facing a conspiracy, facing a genius adversary, facing a home invader, facing a hostage situation, ...	facing persecution by the government, human vs. Kafkaesque institution	charting unknown territory	human vs. beast	facing a vermin infestation, facing an epidemic, human vs. affliction, human vs. space anomaly, ...	human vs. sentient machine	human vs. zombie				coping with time passing you by	drug abuse	addiction to fortune telling, addiction to sensation, compulsive spending, pornography addiction, ...	human phobia	mental illness	psychological stress	withdrawal from society	Messiah complex, Oedipus complex, Stockholm syndrome, acute anxiety, ...							bridezilla, clingy girlfriend, dumb blonde stereotype, female attraction to bad men, ...	womanizing man	awkward expecting father, beards, dumb jock stereotype, inattentive male partner, ...		wicked husband and virtuous wife stereotype, wicked wife and virtuous husband stereotype				pride in one's own creation	parental pride					agoraphobia, arachnophobia, claustrophobia, fear of being alone, ...		coping with the death of a family member	coping with the death of a lover	coping with a massive loss of comrades, coping with suicide, coping with the death of a colleague, coping with the death of a fellow compatriot, ...		filial love, love of a pet, maternal love, matrimonial love, ...	infatuation	epic love, forbidden love, impossible love, love at first sight, ...				coming to terms with having to give up on a dream, coming to terms with living in a new environment, coming to terms with one's own death, coming to terms with one's own sexuality, ...				accumulation of wealth vs. personal development, choosing between job opportunities, family vs. career, friendship vs. career, ...	breaking with tradition vs. suicide, honorable suicide, life with a handicap vs. death	leaving one's old life for love		sacrifice to prevent mass death	donating an organ to save a life, helping a stranger in need, sacrifice for a child, sacrifice for a friend, ...		benefiting from someone else's work	compromising one's ethical principles vs. self-preservation	killing in self-defense, killing to survive	duty vs. compassion, duty vs. conscience, duty vs. desire, duty vs. duty, ...			gambling with a body part, taking a high-stakes wager vs. walking away					the desire to have children, the need for rest and recreation, the need for sleep	attachment to one's livelihood, the need for freedom, the need for privacy	the desire for personal development, the desire to advance one's career, the desire to pursue one's dream, the lust for gold, ...	the desire for glory	the desire for fame, the desire for prestige, the desire for redemption, the desire for vengeance, ...	attachment to one's land, child's need to be loved, crew's attachment to their ship, the desire for justice, ...	pleasure in coffee
					being on the run from the law	bird in a gilded cage, facing life in captivity	resisting a temptation			deep sea exploration, land exploration, polar exploration, space exploration	facing a ferocious beast, human vs. venomous animal								alcohol abuse		agoraphobia, arachnophobia, claustrophobia, fear of being alone, ...	delusional point of view	coping with being crammed up in a confined space with other people, coping with stress at work, coping with the rigors of command, cracking under pressure, ...	escape from reality									the Casanova stereotype															coping with the death of a child, coping with the death of a parent, coping with the death of a sibling, coping with the death of a spouse	coping with the death of a spouse				first crush, obsessive love, young boy infatuation													sacrificing one's self to contain a pandemic				prostitution vs. poverty													the desire for glory in battle

the human condition ← what life is like

what civilian life is like in times of war	what it is like in a combat zone	what it is like in a legal proceeding	what it is like in a psychiatric institution	what it is like in prison	what it is like in school	what it is like on a passenger flight	what it is like to be impoverished	what it is like to live through a military occupation
					what it is like in boarding school, what it is like in elementary school, what it is like in high school, what it is like in university		what it is like to be homeless

the pursuit of knowledge

the pursuit of knowledge ← classical philosophy

aesthetics	ethics	human nature	metaphysics	what is truth
the nature of cuteness, the power of art to influence people, what is beauty, what is perfection	civilization vs. savagery, ironic twist of fate, poetic justice, the ethics of contemplating an immoral act, ...	Buridan's ass, a common enemy unites, a common interest unites, a leopard can't change its spots, ...	absurdist philosophy, can machines have souls, free will, grandfather paradox, ...

the pursuit of knowledge ← history

American Civil War	Battle of the Little Bighorn	Giuseppe Garibaldi	Roswell UFO incident	The Algerian War	The Holocaust	World War I	World War II	cultural history	historical figure	historiography	human life in history										opium in 19th century China	the American Revolution	the British Raj	the Christ story	the Cold War	the Enigma cipher machine	the Russian Revolution of 1905	the Salem witch trials	the Vietnam War	the ascent of man	the millennium shift	the ship Titanic
							the French Resistance	Dungeons and Dragons, Lord of the Rings, the Star Trek franchise, the Wizard of Oz, ...			human life in ancient times	human life in early modern times	human life in historical Asia	human life in historical Europe		human life in historical North America	human life in late modern times	human life in medieval times	human life in post-war times	human life in historical Africa, human life in historical Australia, human life in historical South America, human life in pre-historical times
											life in Ancient Rome	life in British colonial India, life in early modern Ireland, life in revolution era America	life in British colonial India, life in medieval Russia, life in the Soviet Union	human life in historical Britain	life in Age of Enlightenment, life in Ancient Rome, life in early modern Ireland, life in late modern Britain, ...	life in Crow law era America, life in inner city America, life in post-war America, life in revolution era America, ...	life in Age of Enlightenment, life in British colonial India, life in Crow law era America, life in Victorian Britain, ...	life in medieval Europe, life in medieval Russia	life in inner city America, life in post-war America, life in the Soviet Union
														life in British colonial India, life in Victorian Britain

the pursuit of knowledge ← modern science

archaeology	astronomy	biology			chemicals	ecology	geology	mathematics	medicine	pedagogy	physics		psychology	sociolinguistics	technology
	binary star system, black hole, comet, intergalactic void, ...	human biology	the theory of evolution	animal behavior, asexual reproduction, cell division, genetics, ...		the greenhouse effect	earthquake prediction	Fermat's Last Theorem, Fourier series, computer simulation, cryptographic cypher, ...	acupuncture, aphasia, lobotomization		theory of relativity	Lagrange point, X-rays, antimatter, dark matter, ...	the placebo effect		solar power	Morse code, early computer, fingerprinting, gunpowder, ...
		brainwaves, human blood types	hominid evolution								speed of light limitation				space-based solar power

the pursuit of knowledge ← organized religion

Adam and Eve creation myth	Ancient Aztec mythology	Ancient Egyptian mythology	Ancient Greek mythology	Ancient Mayan mythology	Ancient Mesopotamian mythology	Ancient Norse mythology	Ancient Roman mythology	Catholicism	Christian socialism	Christianity	Judaism	Nirvana	a god and its people	animal sacrifice	deal with the devil	devil worship	divine balance	divine madness	divine retribution	faith vs. medicine	faith vs. reason	fear of the lord	funeral rite	good and evil in religion	heresy	human sacrifice	messiah	miracle	monasticism	monotheism	polytheism	quasi-religious cult	reincarnation	religious festival	religious prophesy	resurrection of the dead	sacred ground	sacred sanctuary	signs from the heavens	sin	spiritual strive towards higher ideal	the Devil	the Holy Chalice	the afterlife	the deadly sins	the problem of evil	the religious end of the world	the soul	virgin birth	vow of silence	witch-hunt
										holy confession																									religious prophet					the deadly sins				punishment in the afterlife				reincarnation

the pursuit of knowledge ← superseded scientific theory

Freudian psychoanalysis

alchemy

alternative medicine

genetically encoded memories

human sex pheromones

phrenology

recapitulation theory

spontaneous generation

the four elements

the pursuit of knowledge ← superstition

Japanese folklore	animal guide	astrology	bad luck signs	collective dreaming	communicating with the dead	destiny	exaggerating the importance of humanity's place in the universe	fairies	faith healing	fortune telling	haunted object	hexes and curses	life force	lucky charms	magic object			magic word	mandrake root legend	medicine wheel	monsters in distant lands	omens	one cannot cheat fate	out-of-body experience	portent of luck	quackery	reliable streak of luck	shamanism	spirit guide	spirit possession	sympathetic magic	taking someone's picture steals their soul	the supernatural	vision quest	voodoo doll	wacky dream interpretation	wishing or wanting something really hard makes it happen	witchcraft
					séance						haunted house, haunted painting, haunted statue, haunted vehicle				magic potion	wish-granting magic object	magic bag, magic healing object, magic portal, see-anywhere device	true name												demonic possession	voodoo doll		black magic, ghost hunting
															love potion	magic lamp with genie, wish-granting shooting star