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Would you rather live 100 years in the future or 100 years in the past? #timetravel

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ArtfulBliss 5 May 31
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I'm the son of a United States Nuclear Engineer. I've grown up surrounded by technology my whole life. Read more books than most people have ever seen. In my opinion, the past and the future would both be exciting to see. I have a love affair with WW2 Battleships. I also dream of seeing the stars and other worlds one day. A conundrum at it's finest. Good times. ?

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The future is a mystery, and the past is not. I'd probably do a lot of betting, since I'd know the outcome already. With the money I'd be able to acquire over time, I could avoid falling victim to the Great Depression and (assuming I'd go back the same age I am now) not be a primary candidate as a soldier. I'd buy a bunch of land in some beautiful part of Oregon and have buildings, festivals and parks named after me.

The future would be a nightmare because I'd be considerably out of touch with technology and societal norms, methods of communication, laws, etc. I already feel a step behind, I can't imagine the degree of lost and clueless I'd be 100 years from now.

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Being in the UK 2118 has got to be better than 1918, we were coming out of WW1, things were pretty desperate

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As much as it would appeal to the history buff in me to see the past first hand, being female I would choose the future. It sucked being a woman in 1918.

Deb57 Level 8 May 31, 2018
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The way things are going, my current property, about 120 miles or so from the Atlantic Coast, may well be beachfront real estate in 2118. I'd sell for an exorbitant price and live like a king. Heh.

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Always the future.... I can learn about the past from other sources

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I'm going with the future. With the past we have the advantage of hindsight, and frankly, it isn't so great. While I'm not overly optimistic about the future, at least there's hope of improvement/progress.

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100 years in the past. Mmmm The end of WW1 Spanish Flu was killing more people than the war and Rock N Roll was a dream no Gibson Les Pual's or Marshall Satcks Pass. !00 years in the future, well they'll still be playing the Beatles and The Stones and America might have finally grown up, but I doubt it. Trouble is I'm not sure there'll be an us in 100 years time. God will have sent The Four Horsemen of the Apocalpse pr something to smite all us sinners. LOL

Wonderful analysis. I was thinking the same thing. Not sure which would be better. I think I'll just live in the present.

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I know the past sucks, so why not take a shot at the future.

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They could have a cure for everything. Technology out of this world. It could be better then a bidet in every bathroom....lol.

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I know what the past is. And I'd think I'd have a hard time dealing without some base amenities we now take for granted today. OTOH, I'd be curious to see what the future has in store on many levels, despite the threat that the environment might be all screwed up by then, or the US might by then be a totalitarian state.

godef Level 7 May 31, 2018
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Neither. Humanity's track record sucks; doesn't look good for the future.

I agree we are naturally greedy and violent and self-serving which makes us a virus.

@LeighShelton Yep. I couldn't agree more. I would like to have more faith in us but .........

@patchoullijulie well its more than possible but just not going to happen. we are way past saving ourselves. I'm glad I never had children.

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I was born in the past and still feel most comfortable there ?

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I may not live any longer but with medical advances I would live healthier.

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No vote for obvious ridiculous reason. Now if you can send me with enough ammo, an assault boat and a Seal Team to the caribbean during Columbus first voyage. He would had only "discovered" his Death. And Spanish Kings would end up Broke. All 3 caravelas would had been scuttled! Crews sacrificed.

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Neither.

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Future, maybe they will find effective treatments for my autoimmune conditions.

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The average lifespan 100 years ago was around 48yrs for a male, it's around 76yrs now... Hopefully a hundred years from now it's improved even more, I'd very much like to have as much time as I can get.

ColeS Level 3 May 31, 2018
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A hundred years ago wasn't that great of a time and at the rate and directions we are going a hundred years from now won't be that great either. I think I will just ride this train til it hits something.

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Well given that 100 year in the past would mean being in the run up to world war two and the rise of fascism, McCarthyism and the cold war, neither.

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In the past so I could be part of the expat movement in Paris

I know you would, relive "Midnight in Paris".

@GipsyOfNewSpain exactly. I would be figuring out how to hang with Gertrude Stein, Hemingway, Man Ray, etc.

@AmelieMatisse With your beauty and knowledge they may be the ones trying to figure out how to get to you.

@GipsyOfNewSpain that is lovely of you to say but that crowd had all the women they needed!

@AmelieMatisse But remember, you came from the Future, you been places they simply talked about dreaming. You will be the "She" and the "It". You will be "The Muse from a different Era". You will stand out from the crowd of groupies.

@GipsyOfNewSpain that's true

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I can learn about 1918 in books but no one knows what 2118 will be like. My curiosity would definitely take me into the future.

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Future, maybe by then we will become a space society and I'd have hope of getting this miserable hunk of rock. This is on the basis we haven't totally devastated the entire plant and now the cockroaches are in the dominant species.

Wait. Aren’t they already?

@Jenmcjen ??????

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2118 because AI and robots will replicate and revive the environment; thus, preventing an extinction. I'd get a place on the O'Neill-1 cylinder, and migrate into space.

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I love art deco and the 20's
As an educated cis white male with knowledge of the future I think I'd do alright (or drop dead of disease)

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