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A time traveller comes back from 50 years in the future. You have 3 hours with them. What do you do? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/12770326

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The time traveller is able to travel backward and forward through time (max forward is 2074) and they can only transport things that can fit in a small backpack.

You can choose when the 3 hours begin but it has to be in 2024 and once it has begun the timer can't be reset or stopped.

They will answer to the best of their ability but imagine this is a random person from 2074.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

First, determine the state of the planet 50 years from now. This will largely dictate my next set of questions.

Is the earth on fire? Is there rampant suffering? What was the biggest catastrophe to mankind in that time?

Did humanity actually do something to help the earth? Once I learn this, I can invest in that thing to simultaneously push that technology forward and benefit from it myself.

Is any single person held responsible for bad things that have happened? Unlikely, but if so, I would work on assassinating that person.