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What if gold was one of the most common elements on Earth. So common that the ground is littered with gold nuggets and getting gold would be no more difficult than common stones. Gold is effectively free. How would this affect the world if it happened now? How would this affect the world if it...

One of my favorite kinds of threads on SB was setting creation threads. A collaborative effort where the participants take turns adding elements to the setting, making sure not to contradict previous plot elements. Maybe we have enough posters here to do it here too. Let's find out. So this...

Recently there has been some public debate over forgiveness of college loans. I am of two minds on this topic, because on one hand these college loans are, without a doubt, predatory. Young barely adults are told that higher education is the end all and be all of success and then pushed into...