Brave New World

Admittedly, this is a swiped concept, but I intend to flesh it out further in future installments.  I used to visit the Fiction Branches site quite often years ago, and there was once a branch that detailed a world that operated under these rules--just like ours, only with this one change--and since then, I've been unable to get it out of the back of my mind...so, I decided to put it to work for me.  ;)  I do hope you enjoy this one, my friends; I'm rather excited about it myself!  =)