After nuclear war, a constitutional amendment forbids cities above 1,000 people, enshrining technological regression in law. A young man's quest to find rumored surviving technology tests whether legal suppression of progress can last.
Models constitutional technology bans: relevant to AI moratorium proposals, nuclear weapons treaties, and whether laws can permanently suppress technological capability.
Domains: Governance and Political SystemsSocial Engineering and Psychology
Scenario Types: Thought experiment / What-ifCautionary tale
Outcomes: CautionaryAmbiguous / Mixed