The rule could be anything, as funny or as serious as you want. The universe will progress in a similar way that it has up until this point, unless your changed rule prevented it from doing so.
Some examples might be:
- The invention of currency is not allowed.
- Iron is slightly less stable.
- The Ancient Greeks are able to cultivate Silphium, which does not go extinct now.
Really cool one here: nothing capable of industrialization gets to exist.
Explain for the foolish?
He’s suicidal but also wants everyone else dead too
Ye. Also literally cool because global warming and all. It almost all ties together.