This thread is a timeline for the main interesting societal, political, and similar events in the Fractal Cosmos universe.
2020s
- Peak cheap oil makes fossil fuels expensive, but is a boon for the competitiveness of regenerative energy sources
- Global economic crisis causing lots of revolutions
2030s
- Formation of the D bloc of nations and groups running on civilization system D
- Reactive formation of the C bloc of nations defending civilization system C
- Second Cold War between both blocs.
2040s
- First Mars colony
- Foundation of EISHEC
2050s
- First Venusian cloud colony
2060s
- First anthropotent rogue AGIs escape to space and settle in the asteroid belt and later on the surface of Venus
- Collapse of the C bloc (and the end of capitalism as we know it)
- Colonization of the moons of Jupiter with the support of EISHEC
2070s
- Foundation of the first of the Solid Collectives living on the surface of Venus
- Purge of most rogue AI colonies by the AICON peacenet
- Start of the permanent siege of the Solid Collectives by the forces of the AICON peacenet
- Colonization of the moons of Saturn with the support of EISHEC
2080s
- Colonization of the moons of Uranus with the support of EISHEC
- Permanent
2090s
- Colonization of the moons of Neptune with the support of EISHEC
2100s
2110s
- System V factions trigger the dissolution of AICON
- First colony around Proxima Centauri
2120s
- Start of the Prestige Wars between the system V factions
2130s
- Foundation of the Polymath Champions League
- First colony around Sirius
- Start of the Femto Revolution
- During the Femto Crisis militant factions wage wars using femtoscale machines
2140s
- Militant wars are suppressed via the formation of the new trans-faction peacenet Cosmoshield
2150s
2160s
2170s
- Prestige Wars taper out due to the statement of the Universal Value System conjecture in 2176
2180s
- [2181] Fall of Heavens: The Heavens p-faction is proven to be based on contradictory premises and disbands, mostly into the Exaltation.
2190s
- [2190] Merger of the Exaltation with the Exuberance
- [2193] Merger of the Exuberant Exaltation with the Unity
- [2194] Merger of Freedom into Balance
- [2196] Proof of the Universal Value System theorem
- Foundation of the Canonical Coherence
- First official contact with the Cosmic Canonical Coherence
2200s
2210s
2220s
- Proof of minimay complexity required for understanding the proof of the Universal Value System Theorem, providing the basis for the canonical stratification of society