[BjoernKW]

A stretch indeed but interesting to think about nonetheless:

10,000 years in the future is the premise of Frank Herbert‘s Dune.

The novel (or rather the series) depicts a mankind that on one hand in some ways has evolved way beyond humanity’s current capabilities.

On the other hand, society has devolved into a feudal state.

Some technologies are shunned and outlawed for their destructive potential, most notably nuclear weapons and “thinking machines” (there’s some room for interpretation if this just means AI or computers in general), which have been replaced by “mentats” (basically human computers).