Parallel universes are real! You shall be sent to live in one... forever.
You will get a choice between 5 universes that each have a similar collection of languages though technology & culture may be very, possibly hazardously, different.
To make your choice you may request one (1) kind of typical artifact. This will be fetched from each universe, you may compare to make your choice.
Electronics will be disabled. If the artifact doesn't exist... you get nothing.
What do you request?
I've gone and cheated now, compiled all the answers in a spreadsheet and listed everything I can conclude about each universe from those answers. (I guess I shouldn't post that because it might be spoiler-y.) On the basis of what I currently know, I'd choose Universe D.
@EverydayMoggie @futurebird As someone who has already picked, can I see this spreadsheet?
I don't mind sharing it, but I'm not entirely sure what's the best way to do that. What would you suggest?
as a google sheet maybe? if you have that
Ok, that looks like it worked. Hopefully you can see it too.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1niwOwxefIGaOd2X4hdvSE_DNKMLjeifD9ScUWDMblTI/edit#gid=1671330174
About a high tech civilization “not fixing the inability to walk” when thinking about mobility devices, short of a world with instant healing they are still needed. Even if having your leg cut off is a “grow it back” kind of thing that still takes time. So while I considered having a world with no mobility devices, thinking on it, I decided that only a really barbaric place that kept all sick people hidden would do that. Though I’d love to hear other thoughts on this.
@futurebird Adjacent to this is the (apparently apocryphal) Margaret Mead "healed femur" story:
