probably just go to the nearest past like 5 seconds ago. it just need like 5 seconds before i can start to change things since it's already the present.
since i can change my age, can i just set my age into immortal? since the location is not limited to Earth, i'd go into a super-advanced and kind civilization that would gladly accept a country bumpkin from earth?
i'd probably try to live and work there and probably return on earth on a spaceship. though everyone i knew might have died at that point, so i'd probably could only observe the evolution of memes.
I like the nearest 5 second past bit, especially since you almost made it to one of the earth bound loopholes. But no to immortal that is not an age but a state of being. Lobsters are immortal, but they still have an "age". As far as alien civilization, you would be a human in that civilization, good luck! You get to change time, place and age.
FYI there is a major loophole with what I wrote, Powerball and Mega Millions ticket sales usually close at 10:00Eastern Standard Time. You can watch all the balls being picked at 10:59. When the last ball is picked, go back in time to one and a half hours before, and buy a ticket. No winner has been registered yet, nothing is documented on who won, who knows it could have been you, so you can be the winner. Though you do have to set your age to at least 18 to purchase tickets in most places.
Am I the only one who thinks the world currently is the kindest, safest, and most prosperous it ever has been? Although to some extent we are trading interpersonal threats (mob lynchings are decreasing almost everywhere [I know you can be better than this people of India]) for those from the degraded natural environment (droughts, hurricanes, and mosquitos kill at higher rates every year). Although I would like to be 9 years old again... I kinda miss being able to throw tantrums with the confidence that any nearby adult could safely restrain me.
As someone who spent a majority of his life in various parts of the world. I can most definitely give an Amen to this. There has been much social progress through out the world. We are not fully there yet and some places seriously backslid in the past 10 years. Meh, you can keep your tantrums though.
