I’m extremely optimistic for the future of humanity, despite the huge challenges we face.

To illustrate how far humanity as a species has come, I’ve posed this question a number of times to people:

If you had to be reborn as a random human somewhere on earth, and the only thing you get to pick is the year you’re born, what year would you choose? You don’t get to pick your country, race, gender, sexuality, intelligence, socioeconomic status, etc, only the year.

What would you choose?

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JohnDSDev 5 days ago | parent [-]

I quite like this question. I'm not exactly sure, but either a but in the past to get to watch the internet start, or far in the future like 4000 or something.

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badpun 3 days ago | parent [-]

Due to population distribution, you're most likely to be born in a poor country. And, in those countries, you're way better off being born in 2026 than in 1970s (to be able to watch when the Internet was starting). Chances are, if you were born in China, India, Nigeria, Malasya etc. you wouldn't even hear about the Internet anyway.

	▲	senordevnyc 17 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Hey, someone who gets it!