Stipulations:
- You cannot die and are immune to disease
- You cannot alter the future such that you change the world from your point of origin. i.e. You cannot become so famous that future people recognize you as immortal.
- If you vary the timeline too much you will cease to exist.
Please dump enough “political contributions” into us politics to get intelligent, empathetic, progressive people in charge.
“If you vary the timeline too much, you will cease to exist.”
Even if you want to be altruistic enough to sacrifice yourself for the good of humanity, you’ll be wiped out long before you’re able to change enough to lead to lasting improvement.
It’s pretty rare for good people to become immensely wealthy and stay good people. Money corrupts, and once you’re to a point where money is no longer survival but a high score, that starts to drive your thinking.
Absolutely correct.
Maybe immortality, infinite wealth, and a hundred year long life won’t corrupt THIS person?
Brb gotta go pray to the Easter bunny …
Living 81 years with the prospect of annihilation if one rocks the boat too much will change a man. Likewise honing the kind of duplicitous skills required to simply survive the attention of the world.
So, would my moral compass stay intact? If I don’t work at it, no - I’m under no illusion that it would. What I expect to happen is that I would continue to avoid the public eye. But once the shackles are off, there’s no telling where this goes.
Stepping out of this role for a bit, if I had that kind of wealth today, what would I invest in? Education and science. Press freedom. Rule of law. Anti-poverty programs (part of education). Probably others too, but those are the essentials.