technological risk to civilization theme
People rely on some technology but it has unforeseen consequences and civilization collapses.
15 total · 5 choice · 9 major · 1 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: A Sound of Thunder (2005) | choice | The frivolous use of experimental time travel technology to send rich people into the past to hunt dinosaurs nearly sealed humanity's doom after one of the hunters inadvertently stepped on a butterfly, resulting in a catastrophic series of world altering time waves hitting the present. |
| movie: Forbidden Planet (1956) | choice | The Krell developed advanced technology that enabled them to manifest the objects of their subconscious minds into reality and their race perished overnight as a result. |
| voy1x04 | choice | using the new power source |
| voy4x21 | choice | the omega molecule as power source |
| voy7x21 | choice | antimatter meltdown led to nuclear winter |
| futurama6x03 | major | Mom exploited centralization and conncetedness to stage an attack on civilization that turned everyone into zombies. |
| movie: Crack in the World (1965) | major | A team of scientists detonated a nuclear bomb deep inside the Earth and the planet nearly cracked in two as a result. |
| movie: Cyborg Cop 2 (1994) | major | An "army" comprising about half a dozen cyborgs made a bid to subjugate humanity. |
| movie: Escape from LA (1996) | major | The film culminated with Snake remorselessly pushing a button that was calculated to set civilization back 500 years by rendering all electronic devices anywhere on the planet useless. |
| movie: Rodan (1956) | major | Human technological advancement led to the unleashing of two flying dinosaurs that were poised to raze the cities of the Earth. |