Quora Stumbling

Q- If you could use a time travel device once, what time period would you go to? I.e. what year would you choose to start your new life in?

A- Would I take my current 67-year-old body with me? If so, then what's the point? I'm only marginally capable of living this long-established life.

And if I start over with a young body, but keeping all my present memories, then I would miss all the pleasures of discovery, the agony of suspense, the relief of things finally learned.

And if I don't take my memories with me, then how is that new person me?

So … none of the above, thank you.

Orson Scott Card

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