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by cbozeman 1968 days ago
I would like to skip the clock ahead about 500 years, but I'm afraid of arriving in a desolate tomb world.

I feel like it wouldn't be that hard for a person from today, especially someone who keeps up with scientific and technological progress, to quickly get up to speed with the world of 500 years from now... but I might be wrong.
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gryn 1968 days ago
In case of time travel to the future (or the past) what you should be worried about are all the other aspects: the social landscape, language, ...
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cbozeman 1968 days ago
If Michael Crichton's Timeline is to be believed, I should be worried about disease, at least for the past... although there's no reason I couldn't contract COVID-2519 and die...
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