Ricki Yasha TarrOne of my favorite Shower Thoughts, for when trying feels frustrating:
Michael Gemar@RickiTarr I saw that a while back, and it really did adjust my sense of things.
@michaelgemar Right! Even a small positive change is better than none!
Mar :đ»@RickiTarr I never worry about traveling to the past, I'd much rather forget some of it.
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@RickiTarr I have heard that before, but it has problems.
We do all change the future with small things we do, I am sure, but probably the "big picture" of the future is not changed.
Like the exact second I choose when creating one of my kids may change which genes they happen to have!
The problem with changing the "past" is not changing the big picture of the "present" changing, but more "was I born" [instead of someone else], which is a small item in the grand scheme of things.
Peter BindelsGoing back we could kill Adolf Hitler in WWI and significantly change history. Or Chamberlain. Or Churchill. Or Goebbels. Or Mengele. Because we know now who they were and what they did.
Right now we don't know who will be the future mass-murdering dictator that we could still prevent. Because we don't know who they are, nor what they will do.
@dascandy42 I don't know if killing one stops the others or prevents another from popping up
Texty the Bard@RickiTarr @dascandy42 Fascists are a never-ending hydra.
Mike Roach@dascandy42 @RickiTarr Another example is going back in time and buying stocks. Youâd know exactly which ones to buy and when with the benefit of hindsight. Itâs Marty McFly with his sports almanac.
So yeah we donât know which babies to kill or stocks to buy in the present. đ€·ââïž
Christy Marx@RickiTarr
That's taken from the book FLUKE by Brian Klaas. An interesting look at how chaos and fluke happenings impact our lives.
That's taken from the book FLUKE by Brian Klaas. An interesting look at how chaos and fluke happenings impact our lives.
Aviva Gary@RickiTarr Very true and very good
Ivan@RickiTarr it really makes you think...
enoch_exe_inc@RickiTarr I think about it all the time. I know that, in fifty yearsâ time, my childrenâs (and their childrenâs) generations, if they can exist at all, are going to be blaming me and my generation for not doing anything about the myriad horrendous problems we shouldâve solved ages ago but can still make a significant impact RIGHT NOW.
ferricoxide@RickiTarr
Doing something different has compounding effects. If your actions are small, the breadth of their impacts to the course of a single generation would be tiny. Over the span of a couple centuries, "something small" would likely still be barely noticeable. A couple millennia, it'd be more visible.
Most people can't think much beyond a month, maybe a year. You get past their own lifespan, it's mostly unimaginable. You get past the current lifespan of their community, region or country, you're definitely in "here there be dragons" territory.
Factor in that the present and past are fairly known and can act as benchmarks, whereas the future is unwritten and has no benchmark, and, yeah, it's understandable that people would think differently about changing the past than of the future.
Doing something different has compounding effects. If your actions are small, the breadth of their impacts to the course of a single generation would be tiny. Over the span of a couple centuries, "something small" would likely still be barely noticeable. A couple millennia, it'd be more visible.
Most people can't think much beyond a month, maybe a year. You get past their own lifespan, it's mostly unimaginable. You get past the current lifespan of their community, region or country, you're definitely in "here there be dragons" territory.
Factor in that the present and past are fairly known and can act as benchmarks, whereas the future is unwritten and has no benchmark, and, yeah, it's understandable that people would think differently about changing the past than of the future.
qu0th the void@RickiTarr By drinking just a little extra coffee this morning Ive insured the destruction of X7734 in the horseshoe crab nebula, a strange quixotic world that worships advertising with the goal of replacing all communications including speaking with ads.
@qu0th High Five
MarkRDavid. Improbably alive.Very high caffeine/value ratio!
Pusher of Pixels@RickiTarr I think it's the instant gratification disease of modern society
Many don't care unless they see very immediate results
Steve's Place@RickiTarr I fixed a leaking sink drain! This will prevent me from flooding the place, which will keep sink water from flowing outside, which will keep some skateboarder from getting splashed, which will prevent them from showing up at their friend's place with wet pants, which will keep their friends from making fun of them, which will keep them from vowing revenge, which will not result in them someday running for POTUS under a red hat.
đ¶ All for the want of a horseshoe nail...đ¶
Heather@RickiTarr Elon's villain origin story is that he got told no once https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-worked-bank-making-155211861.html
I wonder if that banker knows
Elon Musk Worked At A Bank Making $14 Per Hour â This Led Him To The Conclusion That 'Bankers Are Rich And Dumb' And Only Copy Each Other
Elon Musk, a name synonymous with space exploration, electric cars and cutting-edge technology, started his journey in a way that could be seen as...
@Habigelo LOL What a narcissist
Catherine is not complacent@RickiTarr sâwhy I try and keep my little corner of the world clean, and be kind.
Penguin@RickiTarr @rmondello Ha, had the greatest life I could have dreamed of by buying a camera for my friendâs father & meeting her sister in the process. I have no idea how it happened, but 1 little decision in the present did indeed change the future đ
â Fish Id Wardrobe@RickiTarr well, that's bacause the present has already happenned. You can't *change* the future; it hasn't happenned yet.
Hurgotron â@RickiTarr Nice quip, but really - for the past you know what little thing is going to make a big difference. For the present this is not so clear.
@Hurgotron I think it's more simple than that, for instance, raising kind children can change the lives of hundreds, being kind to people make a difference, listening makes a difference, it doesn't have to be huge to be significant and important.