Worldbuilding without the post-WW/WWII/Cold War glasses (TL, CR etc.)

[vicky_molokh]

Originally Posted by ErhnamDJ

I wouldn't want to end up in an accident in that world. Whole lot of medical advances out of Vietnam.

Note: I'm not talking about Earth With No WWI/II/CW. I'm talking about the preconceptions that we need to abandon when designing worlds with no events that can be compared to WW/WWII/CW. Notably, no Cold Wars might mean not only no nukes, but also less 'government secret' treatment of Space and Computer technologies, and no superpowers can mean some other stuff that I am not an expert on in regards of naval situations.