cross-posted from: https://diagonlemmy.social/post/6753
Alternative Harry Potter narrative: since the global wizarding wars, many attempts were made by companies to sell their tech to Muggles. It was tolerated by the institute of Magic as long as it was not advertised as such. Above is an example of a banned, confiscated attempt to show the magic more openly. However, over time it turned out that Muggles weren’t even interested in the magic behind it, they wanted their devices easy to use and understand; and everyone else eventually joined the wizards and witches.
Eventually, all regulations to sell magical devices were erased and since the late 80s with the introduction of the world wide web, the rise of wiz-tech has only increased in pace: next came the introduction of the iPhone by young wizard Steve Jobs, introducing wiz-tech to the broad public and lately, even magic itself can be channelled through so-called AI agents and the Floo-Network begins to open up to Muggles as well with the Fediverse.
However, with the rise of bad effects that came with it, too, some Muggles are becoming more and more weary of the whole situation and in the wizarding community, people are calling for bringing their knowledge to the Muggles, taking some responsibility beyond their own magical realm, while others call for the institute to again take a stronger stance on the devices in the muggle world due to the negative effects they caused.
How can a good future for both the wizarding and the muggle world look like?
Because most wizards don't get a remotely good education. They're simply incapable of surviving in a muggle business world.
Muggle born wizards get to age 10 in the regular school system. They'll have a rudimentary understanding of everything.
Then they get whisked off to wizard school where they learn magic, but apparently little to none of the knowledge muggle schooling.
It would be like if you asked a 60 year old british car journalist to go start and run a farm by themselves, they don't understand the fundamentals of where to start.