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by awfycooper 5524 days ago
The points he touches upon about things he will now never get to see has haunted me since a very early age personally. It was scary to think that the man who wrote these words which I have worried about for years has now passed away and won't get the opportunity to see what happens in 2061.

The final paragraph is the kicker and has my eyes watering up, I hope his family all the best and hopefully we'll see his two daughters do something just as great as Derek has done online!
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awfycooper 5524 days ago
Just to explain just how much this concept of missing out on the future has affected me, read here; http://gre.gs/post/958258554/time
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golgo13 5524 days ago
I wear a Halo UNSC hoodie around and people always ask what it stands for, or what branch of the military I am a part of. I tell them it stands for the United Nations Space Command and it won't exist for another 150 years. And it really bothers me that I have absolutely 0% chance of seeing the year 2160.
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Confusion 5524 days ago 

  And it really bothers me that I have absolutely 0% chance
  of seeing the year 2160.
With exponentially advancing science and all that, I'm envisioning nanobots killing cancer cells, cleaning out blood vessels, keeping my neurons connected and renewing everything that needs renewing. Don't be too sure you won't see 2160.
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