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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 Danterious@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] JoBo@feddit.uk 24 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If I get to ask them to bring something, I guess all the major world news and science media of the previous 50 years on a hard drive would come in handy. I'd use it to bankrupt all the billionionaires and bring peace and prosperity to the world.

[–] tonyn@lemmy.ml 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The power you held would consume you, and you would become the most powerful, rich, and corrupt being the world has ever seen.

[–] JoBo@feddit.uk 3 points 7 months ago

That's almost certainly true. But I'd give it a go.

[–] Aecosthedark@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

And thats if rich and powerful people /organisations didn't catch on that one individual was costing them money/business ventures and have that individual killed.