Captain Trips
Sr. Member
First of all, I would have to go under the assumption that major events can't be changed -- too much "temporal inertia." So I wouldn't attempt to make any changes in history. It either wouldn't work, or the results would be so drastic it might cause a "glitch" in the universe.
Given all of this, I would take something of great value to be investment seed. (How small is small? A few pounds of gold nuggets would be enough, I'd think.) I would go to the mid-late 1950's, convert to currency, and invest in companies soon to make it big -- Xerox, IBM, Lockheed, etc -- at the beginning of the "space age" these companies skyrocketed! (Please excuse the pun.) With these profits, I would settle down in San Francisco, and watch the sixties unfold. One of the most dynamic periods in recent history, when our entire social system and national values turned upside down! Not to mention the music! (I think I'd take up residence at 715 Ashbury Street, across the street from what was known as "The Grateful Dead mansion." Can you imagine the musical luminaries in that area at that time?) Of course, come 1967, I would move across the bay to Berkeley before summer -- the "Summer of Love" was one of the biggest disasters to hit San Francico since the 1906 earthquake! By then, the scene had moved to UCB. I'd try to avoid the riots, though. (I've spoken with people that lived through them. "Bad scene, man.") And then, making a few more shrewd investments, I'd watch the 70's fall in on themselves -- again.
I'd much rather go to recent history than old. At least there is still indoor plumbing!
(edited to correct address.)
Given all of this, I would take something of great value to be investment seed. (How small is small? A few pounds of gold nuggets would be enough, I'd think.) I would go to the mid-late 1950's, convert to currency, and invest in companies soon to make it big -- Xerox, IBM, Lockheed, etc -- at the beginning of the "space age" these companies skyrocketed! (Please excuse the pun.) With these profits, I would settle down in San Francisco, and watch the sixties unfold. One of the most dynamic periods in recent history, when our entire social system and national values turned upside down! Not to mention the music! (I think I'd take up residence at 715 Ashbury Street, across the street from what was known as "The Grateful Dead mansion." Can you imagine the musical luminaries in that area at that time?) Of course, come 1967, I would move across the bay to Berkeley before summer -- the "Summer of Love" was one of the biggest disasters to hit San Francico since the 1906 earthquake! By then, the scene had moved to UCB. I'd try to avoid the riots, though. (I've spoken with people that lived through them. "Bad scene, man.") And then, making a few more shrewd investments, I'd watch the 70's fall in on themselves -- again.
I'd much rather go to recent history than old. At least there is still indoor plumbing!
(edited to correct address.)
