Two kinds of future vision. Ten minutes ahead is useful every day: avoid spills, win games and catch the bus. A hundred years ahead is fascinating, but you cannot do much with it. Which would you rather have?
The case for “See 10 minutes into the future”
- You would never miss the bus again.
- You could avoid small accidents.
- Games would be easy to win.
The case for “See 100 years into the future”
- You would know how the world turns out.
- You could share warnings with the world.
- It would be the ultimate curiosity fix.
Our take
10 minutes. It is useful every single day, from catching the bus to avoiding spilled juice. Seeing 100 years ahead is fascinating, but you could not do much with it.
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Follow-up: what is the first thing you would look at?
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