Magic and modern tech, what would it be like?

Winged · 05-05-2013, 01:36 AM

I'm interested in ideas about a setting where magic and tl8 coexist. Not in the "magic is a big secret" kind of way that you see in a lot of fiction, but if it was a common and widely studied studied discipline and the entire world population had magery 1.

In a hypothetical version of the world in which at some point in the 1940s magic was "discovered" and since then has become as widely studied as modern technology, what would our modern world look like?

-Would it be studied in schools?
If so at what age would kids start and how much magic do you think you would know by the time you are out of high school? How much would the average adult know?

-What sort/s of laws would there be?
What magic would be banned, would permits be needed to study certain types?

-What sorts of magic would need to be banned out of game?
Guys who can turn lead to gold quickly ruin global economies, what other types of spells would be strictly forbidden?

-What other sorts of dramatic changes would occur?
Would things be pretty much the same as the real world, or would magic turn the whole thing on its head?

05-05-2013, 01:36 AM	#1
Winged Join Date: Jun 2007	Magic and modern tech, what would it be like? I'm interested in ideas about a setting where magic and tl8 coexist. Not in the "magic is a big secret" kind of way that you see in a lot of fiction, but if it was a common and widely studied studied discipline and the entire world population had magery 1. In a hypothetical version of the world in which at some point in the 1940s magic was "discovered" and since then has become as widely studied as modern technology, what would our modern world look like? -Would it be studied in schools? If so at what age would kids start and how much magic do you think you would know by the time you are out of high school? How much would the average adult know? -What sort/s of laws would there be? What magic would be banned, would permits be needed to study certain types? -What sorts of magic would need to be banned out of game? Guys who can turn lead to gold quickly ruin global economies, what other types of spells would be strictly forbidden? -What other sorts of dramatic changes would occur? Would things be pretty much the same as the real world, or would magic turn the whole thing on its head?