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pizza on April 3, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: At Blackrock, machines are rising over managers to...

Corollary: having a time machine that can go a few minutes back in time is worth much less than one that can go a few minutes forward in time.

Danylon on April 3, 2017 [–]

This implies the time machine can go only one way. Taking information from the future back in time is worth more than taking information from the current to the future. We do the latter all the time, we do not need a time machine for this, just patience.

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