What if...

[samvara]

Everyone had personal forcefields - I’m thinking a bit like Rodney’s in Stargate Atlantis - what would you do differently in your life?

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[rdm]

Mosh pits get a lot more experimental.

BASE jumping becomes more common. So common, in fact that the challenge becomes not being hit by someone plummeting from above.

But I think playing dodge'ems in the traffic would be one of the first things that everyone tries.

Bombing/hijacking becomes a thing of the past. "Oh dear, the airliner has just disintegrated at 40,000ft. Blast. I'm going to be late for my meeting. And I'll have to buy a new laptop!" Also, airport screenings become very low-key. leecetheartist just pointed out that the clever passengers in that situation, if close enough to an airport, will try to glide in on their own!

[samvara]

Hee, I love that - I assume anything we do to preserve our physical safety would start getting dropped.

Because I've got a twisted mind...

[rdm]

Which leads to a story seed that I'll just toss out there for whatever grabs it:

A cop gets called in in such a world to investigate either an isolated falling death or a rash of other impact-related deaths (car crashes, hit-and-runs, &c).