<div class="direction">Welcome to The Place Between. Click the areas of blue text to explore different options and create your world.</div>
In this world, <<cycle "$system" autoselect>>
<<option "every person carries a microscope, creating deep awareness of nature's complexity.">>
<<option "schools have no walls and children lead decisions about their own learning.">>
<<option "Wall Street is the home of co-operative non-hierarchical financial organisations.">>
<<option "currency does not exist and transactions are based on bartering.">>
<<option "there are no calendars or clocks and time is experienced according to plant cycles.">>
<<option "progress at all scales is measured by gratitude.">>
<<option "people live in hives rather than homes.">>
<<option "there are no nation states, and communities are organised around the biomes they inhabit.">>
<<option "machines help people to be more mindful about the earth.">>
<</cycle>>
The origins of this culture can be traced back to <<cycle "$transition" autoselect>>
<<option "a groundswell of grassroots activity">>
<<option "the influence of a charismatic leader">>
<<option "a controversial change in government policy">>
<<option "an apparently spurious trend">>
<<option "a cult text written">>
<<option "a terrible injustice">>
<<option "the actions of a small group of committed activists">>
<<option "major geopolitical shifts">>
<<option "a worldwide crisis">>
<<option "a seemingly unrelated event">>
<<option "the unexpected demise of established institutions">>
<</cycle>> in <<cycle "$year" autoselect>>
<<option "2010.">>
<<option "1923.">>
<<option "the late 20th century.">>
<<option "the early 1950s.">>
<<option "1982.">>
<<option "the 17th century.">>
<<option "the depths of time.">>
<<option "May 1968.">>
<<option "the 1850s.">>
<<option "2017.">>
<<option "a time many centuries ago.">>
<</cycle>>
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<div class="direction">This Generator was created by participants on the Co-Creating the Emerging Future course at Schumacher College in June 2022. The original version of the Generator was created by Amy Twigger Holroyd for the [[Fashion Fictions project|https://fashionfictions.org/]].
It is shared using a [[Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence|https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/]] which allows others to share and adapt the work in any medium and for any purpose, providing that they credit the author (Amy Twigger Holroyd / Fashion Fictions and Co-Creating the Emerging Future) and share their material using the same Creative Commons licence.
If you would like to create your own version of the Generator, you can find full instructions on the [['Adapting' page of the Fashion Fictions website|https://fashionfictions.org/adapting]].</div>