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[–] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Round trip that can make changes? Probably a few hundred or even thousand years ago, so I could give them modern technology, information about climate change, try to educate people on social issues, etc

What tech would you take back if you could though?

[–] moonlight@fedia.io 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I haven't really thought through the details.

It would probably take decades to prepare, and to figure out what the best approach would be.

It also depends on how much I could bring back.

If it's just me and what I can carry, I think I would just bring a few things to demonstrate the tech. Maybe a high power flashlight and solar charger. The important part would be a detailed guide on how to re-enginer everything we have today, as well as the science behind it. Really, I think scientific knowledge would be the most impactful.

If this was a huge operation with near infinite resources, I would send back a giant self sustaining compound with a general purpose factory. I think it would probably be possible to sustain a roughly 60s level of technology indefinitely on a small scale until the rest of the world caught up

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Any further back than 2 or 300 years and you would definitely, 100% guaranteed be burned as a witch upon arrival.

[–] moonlight@fedia.io 1 points 2 weeks ago

True, I wouldn’t want to get Galileo’d, and I would definitely want to stay away from Salem, haha. I think ~1750 would probably be a good time. Someone like Euler would take it seriously.