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Universal Resurrection Along Infinite River

Description

Every human who ever lived simultaneously resurrects along the banks of an impossibly long river on an alien world. Stripped of possessions and returned to age 25, all of humanity must coexist: cavemen alongside astronauts, saints beside serial killers. The story asks what happens when death is removed as a consequence and all of history's people must negotiate a new society from scratch.

Real-World Relevance

Relevant to life-extension technology, social reset scenarios, and whether humanity would improve given a fresh start.

Classification

Domains: Ethics and Philosophy of TechnologyExistential Risk and Civilizational Collapse

Scenario Types: Thought experiment / What-if

Outcomes: TransformativeAmbiguous / Mixed

Tags: resurrectionsocial-experimentmortality-removal

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