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[โ€“] JoBo@feddit.uk 25 points 10 months ago (2 children)

If I get to ask them to bring something, I guess all the major world news and science media of the previous 50 years on a hard drive would come in handy. I'd use it to bankrupt all the billionionaires and bring peace and prosperity to the world.

[โ€“] tonyn@lemmy.ml 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The power you held would consume you, and you would become the most powerful, rich, and corrupt being the world has ever seen.

[โ€“] JoBo@feddit.uk 3 points 10 months ago

That's almost certainly true. But I'd give it a go.

[โ€“] Aecosthedark@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

And thats if rich and powerful people /organisations didn't catch on that one individual was costing them money/business ventures and have that individual killed.

[โ€“] CanadaPlus 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah, why waste time talking? Sneakersnet me!