Imagine you're in a big toy factory with your friends. Everyone is making toys, but one day, everyone just decides to go home and play instead of working. The factory stops producing toys, no new toys are made, the shelves get empty, and people can't buy them anymore. But maybe some kids start sharing their own toys with others, and that helps for a while.
Now imagine you're the one who gets to keep playing with all the toys that were already made, but your friends don't get any new ones because the machines are not running and the workers aren’t there to make more. Soon, even the toys you have will start to run out, and then you’ll have to play with fewer and fewer toys every day. It would be like having a huge pile of toys that gets smaller and smaller each week!
Examples
- A group of kids stop playing their roles in the class, so no one can learn new things.
- Everyone in the pizza shop goes home, and no more pizzas are made.
- No one shows up for the school play, and the audience is left with an empty stage.
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See also
- What If Everyone Knew Everything?
- What are economic structures?
- What If We Just...Stopped Working?
- What If Everyone Just Stopped Doing What They Do?
- What If Everyone Just Stopped Believing in the Same Things?