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Would You Try New Pastimes If Star Trek Level Medical Care Was Available? (startrek.website)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Star Trek's level of medical care is far more advanced than today's. As Beckett says in LD, "Doc will wave a light over it." Yet, in Star Trek people aren't shown doing hobbies and pastimes that are much different from what's done now. Still, I wonder about differences in a society where people know they won't be laid up for months for doing or trying something that some folks of today might look at and say, "nope, too dangerous." Injuries will still hurt, there's a big difference between say, a broken leg taking months to heal and possibly multiple surgeries, and Star Trek's healing of a broken leg in a matter of hours.

I'm trying to think of what I'd do differently if I had access to Star Trek level medical care. There are things I want to try, but I look at sideways because of the possible injuries. It's mild, but one thing I think I'd try again is skating. I injured my knee roller skating at a rink years ago, and that knee is still a problem. That injury left me skittish of skating. If I knew an injury from skating (within reason) could be an easy fix, I would have given it another go.

Is there a pastime you'd be more willing to try, or try again, if Star Trek level medical care was available?

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Fuck dangerous hobbies, I'd be able to do whatever I wanted with my career since I wouldn't rely on heavily subsidized corporate health plans in order to keep my partner alive.

Assuming, of course, that in such a post-scarcity society we wouldn't still find a way to stratify society and allow only the elite to have access to such things.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In most of the developed world you don't rely on corporate health care plans 😅

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Good point, I'm stuck in the backwater Randian dystopia that is the USA.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I think access to holodecks is a huge factor for that vs. doing a pastime in the real world. Because of what you said about being accessible to all vs. only to certain elites. Also because I wonder about the availability of holodecks for those not on starships or in Starfleet. I don't remember if that's mentioned in the various series and movies since they are typically centered around being on a starship. Transport tech is shown as being publicly used on Earth. I'd imagine that there would be holodecks available on Earth (maybe other planets), or at least holosuites like in Quark's. Access to pastimes in the real world, without using holosuites, might be commonplace. Maybe trying something new in a holodeck/suite where serious injury is less likely before trying it in the real world.