atrophied civilization theme
Civilization simply stagnates and becomes weak to the point where it may not be capable of safeguarding its own continuation.
16 total · 2 choice · 11 major · 3 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| shortstory: The Machine Stops (1909) | choice | people were bread to be physically weak and mentally complacent |
| tng1x17 | choice | The Aldeans had over the ages become dumbed down because their central computer did all the work. |
| ds95x07 | major | Fullerton warned that moral decay of the Risan would lead to their downfall and conquest by the Klingons |
| movie: Idiocracy (2006) | major | Joe woke up in the year 2505 in a dystopian world where the population was incredibly dumbed-down by mass consumerism and mindless television shows to the point where nobody understood the institutions and machines on which they depended, and everything was breaking down. |
| movie: Ready Player One (2018) | major | Civilization stagnated because people preferred to spend time in the game, thus at the end two game-free days per week were mandated. |
| novel: The Time Machine (1895) | major | The Eloi were childlike adults who lived in small communities within large and futuristic yet slowly deteriorating buildings. |
| shortstory: The Last Man (1929) | major | The people in this society did not know how to maintain, let alone improve upon, the machines that they depended to sustain their existence, and it was made clear that their civilization was doomed as a result. |
| tos0x01 | major | Talosian :: Talosians |
| tos1x16 | major | Talosian :: Talosians |
| tos1x27 | major | Organian :: Organians from Federation point of view |