Past-Present-Future

[Callum]

I'm a bit of a history buff, but also enjoy contemporary events. I'd go into the future and read about the history of 2013-2113.

 

[zoltanspawn]

The difference between the past/present and the future is that the future is solely a place of our imagination. Whereas we have some concrete evidence on which to describe past and current events, one hundred years hence is merely a time about which we may be hopeful or skeptical.

I'm skeptical.

And however appealing the opportunities of the past might seem to me unburdened by profligate idiot-tech, I still wouldn't have enjoyed the benefits of education and travel that I presently do.

I guess I'll have to find some peace in the present.

 

[Orlandude]

The present because it serves to shape the future. Overall, the past is gone forever and the future hasn't happened yet so stay out of each.

 

[ronboy]

I'll stick to the present.

The past could be fun...but being gay was so underground back then.

The future might give us a sense of a time when sexual orientation is not any kind of issue anymore.

But we live in interesting (although, challenging) times.


EDIT-To my pal, Bender, the 1970's were so cool! I was a child during that time, and it was a most wondrous time to be a kid and young adult!

 

[star-warrior]

I am sticking to the present.

I hear there is going to be water and food shortages before this century is out.

 

[Falcon16]

Hi Jason, I chose future for the same reasons as you. However, if you gave 150 years as a criteria, I might be tempted to choose past as I am a big fan of the American Old West.

 

[silentalk]

All my loved ones are here. Why would I trade them for someone else?

 

[frankfrank]

Unlike Falcon16's reasoning, I chose the present because the increments are too LARGE. 100 years back, ABSOLUTELY NOT, I wouldn't have even experienced radio until I got old...IF I DID, because there weren't any antibiotics.

My optimum would have been to live about TEN YEARS EARLIER than I actually did, which is certainly a lot closer to the status quo than 100 years back or forward.

I am not at all convinced about the viability of the distant future.

 

[SLOPPYSECONDS]

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[cgymike]

The present because the past (the year 1913) was hell on earth...who wants to go through that time? And 2113 may well feature bad times also from overpopulation and economic problems (quite likely by then). Just have to live in the now...