Stories of the Foundation, Habitats, and the Future of Humanity

Set in a universe both similar and different from our own, the Nudge stories explore how our choices affect the world of those who come after us. Along the way they explore a world very different from the one we live in now, but still achievable if we learn from our mistakes. Read the Charter, find your story path, and explore the world of the Habitats and the Foundation.

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Coming to the Habitats

Published on: 03/16/2025

From the Archives, the recollections of an immigrant involved in building the habitats.

Stories

Stories are at the heart of this website, ranging in time and subject. Each story connects to others through continuity, subject, and characters. You can read them in any order.

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Characters

The Nudge Stories universe hosts an ever growing cast of characters. Character profiles are update regularly as they reveal more of themselves.

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Commentary

Stories may be accompanied by commentary, in the form of introductions or reflections. These commentary may add more insights into the history surrounding the story, or allow readers more deeply into a character's motivations. Information in commentaries may tie into other stories as well.

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Glossary

Stories rely on an expanding glossary, which explains terms and usage that may be unfamiliar. First time usage in any story is linked.

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Appendices

Detailed explanations tend to drag stories down. This information is available in Appendices. Appendices range from the Foundation Charter itself to poetry and songs referenced along with attributions.

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I can just hear you asking, why call it the Nudge Stories? And my only answer is it was the only name that made sense. Because at its heart, these stories are about the countless decisions we make every day, moving ourselves and the rest of humanity forward.

Find your Story Path

The Nudge Stories contain references, overt and covert, backing up claims and taking you down rabbit holes. Earworms may pop up, and easter eggs abound. The stories are meant to take you on explorations through the many connections they contain to each other, through subjects, characters, and commentary. What path will you follow in the Nudge Stories?

The stories explore a society where everyone is considered to be of equal value and worth and is treated equitably. What could such a society accomplish if everyone had equal access to the requirements for survival? Reasonable shelter, food, and equitable access to the necessities of life? These stories attempt to explore a culture very different from what many of us are experiencing at this moment.

These stories appear with little apparent regard to time, moving back and forth through the years. As more stories are published, themes and events reveal themselves more fully. How you read the stories, be it by a particular order, exploring a theme or through the eyes of a specific character, is up to you.

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