I don't care about wealth. I care about how the process of trial and error has resulted in unimaginable suffering and death during the history of the species. Imagine meeting early humans, hunter gatherers, and teaching them language, science, mathematics, logic, art, music, and social/governmental theory like freedom, democracy, human rights, and equality. Imagine skipping 20,000 slow years of human development. The year 2009 could look like the year 22,009. The only thing I would ask in return is that they make central the ideals of truth and justice.
It would be interesting to see what 2009 would look like.
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