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[–] sploosh@lemmy.world 36 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Still a good deal. You don't have to colonize a planet, you're 50 biological years younger than you would have been and you have knowledge of that past that may have been lost. Your immediate family is probably with you, so you just time traveled and brought your loved ones, which is basically unheard of even in fiction. On top of that, you're the kind of person that would jump into the dark to see what was there, so now that there's FTL you can do that on a grander scale. This is a good deal all around.

[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 28 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

"So, we’ve read in your file that you know COBOL…"

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 weeks ago

either revered as a prophet or sent to the COBOL mines as a slave

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Depending on the population of the travellers, they're first hand sources of what would be ancient history. There is nothing more valuable. What life was like, what people did, why the decisions were made, what consequences did the creation of such a program have, what was the architecture really like, what was popular media, what was popular comedy. The historic cultural aspects alone would write books.

God Id take a pay cut and change careers to get a chance to interview ancient Egyptians if we had a clear way to communicate.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

Change that to ancient Sumerians and I'll join you.

[–] ook@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 3 weeks ago

Well, now you are off the hook for building a full civilisation in outer space from scratch! Win win!

[–] absquatulate@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago

IIRC Elite:Dangerous gad this in game - generational megaships that left earth before FTL travel was invented and they were rediscovered in the 34th century. Among other, more horrifying stories involving slower-than-ftl megaships, complete with mysteries and audio logs. Good stuff.

[–] CMDR_Horn@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

Your bank account will be huge!

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 weeks ago

Looks like somebody messed up the wait calculation

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm planning to read this novel some day.

[–] amotio@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] Stupidmanager@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Probably “The Songs of Distant Earth“, Arthur c Clarke. Though I don’t recall 3000 being a specific number of years, this happens.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I thought this was referencing Far Centaurus (which I thought was just all right) and hadn't heard of that one - how is it?

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I haven’t read this one (yet), but Clarke is an incredible writer.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I cheated and read the synopsis and yeah, I think I would like it more. I thought the conflict (stinky boys) was kinda dumb lol

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 2 points 3 weeks ago

You'll know in 3 millennia.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Far Centaurus

[–] Steve@startrek.website 1 points 3 weeks ago

Also an episode of Stargate Atlantis

[–] Xuderis@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I’d be okay with this. Maybe we’d actually have flying cars.

[–] axEl7fB5@lemmy.cafe 3 points 3 weeks ago

Or flying buses and trains? c/fuckcars

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

They're not all my relatives. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)