A future society holds book-learning responsible for war and destruction, making literacy socially taboo and politically dangerous, testing whether a deliberate rejection of literacy could be a stable social equilibrium.
Models anti-intellectualism: relevant to book banning, science denial movements, and any social trend that treats expertise as the enemy rather than a resource.
Domains: Social Engineering and PsychologyGovernance and Political SystemsCommunication and Information Technology
Scenario Types: Warning / Self-preventing prophecySatire / Social commentary
Outcomes: DystopianCautionary