Ideas 1980-2008

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  • 1981: Pope John Paul II nearly assassinated
    • Lot of muddiness around this one and some WEIRD theories...
    • (43): Assassination Succeeds: -1 Catholicism
    • (44): Truly Miraculous Survival: +1 Catholicism
    • If (32): Double modifiers.
    • Event
  • 1983: D&D TV Series Airs / Satanic Bible Wins Over Teens
    • Standard: The D&D TV Series Airs on CBS.
    • (45) Triggered by (40): Anton LaVy's Satanic Bible becomes a bestseller among teens.
    • Event
  • 1983: DARE program founded / 2nd Amendment Revoked
    • Standard: Nothing special... yet.
    • (46) Triggered by (2): Gun Favorability -1.
    • Event
  • 1989: Exxon Valdez spill/Nothing special
    • Standard: Exxon Valdez spill happens.
    • (47): Nothing Special: Exxon Valdez successfully completes its voyage. Nader -1.
    • Event


  • 1992: Audio Home Recording Act passes Congress
    • Standard: Legally-required copy protection technology ensures Sony DAT's market failure.
    • (48): AHRA fails to pass Congress; DAT becomes widespread.
    • Footnote


  • 1994: Sony releases PlayStation
    • Standard: PlayStation quickly rises to dominate its video game console generation
    • (49): PlayStation quickly recalled due to overheat-related fires; Sega Saturn dominates its generation instead.
    • Footnote
  • 1995: Page and Brin Start Project BackRub at Stanford
    • (50): Project BackRub rejected as porn. Triggers (54).
    • Cut
  • 1995: Yitzhak Rabin assassinated
    • Right-wing conspiracy theories were correct: assassination was a botched attempt at a near miss in order to rekindle Rabin's popularity.
    • (52) Rabin nearly assassinated. Triggers (53).
  • 1997: Nothing special happens.
    • (53) Triggered by (52): If Rabin is not assassinated, Palestinian State is established.
    • Footnote
    • Event
  • 1996: AIDS Research Picks Up / AIDS Vaccine released
    • Standard: Heavy research into curing AIDS begins.
    • (51) Triggered by (34): AIDS vaccine developed by Stephen Hawking.
    • Event


  • 1998: Google Founded / Millian and Cinquenta Founded
    • Standard: The Google corporation is founded as a private company and quickly rises to become the leader in web search, followed by email, online calendaring, and various other technologies.
    • (54) Triggered by (50): Larry Page founds Millian and Sergei Brin founds Cinquenta. Both fail to achieve any popularity, and Yahoo! maintains its dominance.
    • Cut
  • 1999: Y2K bug fails to cause massive computer disaster
    • (55) Memory Stick Y2K format pushed by Sony to resurrect computing after disaster.
    • Footnote
  • 2000: George W. Bush Elected U.S. President / Ralph Nader Elected U.S. President
    • Standard: George W. Bush is elected President of the United States of America.
    • (56) Triggered by (33): Ralph Nader elected President of the United States of America.
    • Event
  • 2001: 9/11
    • Standard: 9/11 happens.
    • (57) If GF > 0: Planes are brought down by armed passengers over Hartford, CT, killing over 10,000.
    • Event
  • 2008: Toshiba announces end of HD-DVD production
    • (58): Sony announces end of Blu-Ray production
    • Footnote
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