12/ yeah, no, I made the mistake of going to college this time around; I def wouldn't repeat that error given a second shothttps://twitter.com/TEWFuller/status/1482093789565140995 …
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24/ a mutual DMs a recommendation for this, in the "redo genre"https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/21322/re-trailer-trash/chapter/302724/1-an-uncomfortable-homecoming …
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25/ Sonya is young enough that she sees the 6-18 span as a [ not so good ] goal, and not a COST associated with the BENEFIT of redoing 19-<present>https://twitter.com/sonyasupposedly/status/1482110785358733312 …
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26/ and, not just "re do" but also "extend lifespan" For someone who is 25, paying the cost of reliving 6-18 in order to "purchase" the 7 years of 19-25 is terrible. For someone who is 50 (with an expected remaining lifespan of ~35 years), this double remaining lifespan
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27/ ...and then on the gripping hand, if you believe in a benevolent God and an afterlife, what's the big fear?
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28/ Most of the "redo" sub genre has multiple reincarnations, which leads inextricably to discussion of a Great Goal. If I could go back to 1977 what greater good could I accomplish? Could I prevent the communist takeover of America? Almost certainly not.
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29/ ...but how about with 100 tries, to perfect my technique? becoming a 20 year old billionaire in 1991 is just phase 1 ... now I've got to leverage that to ... what ?
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30/ but now that we're on the topic of speedrunning life, making your billions, and then trying to have an outsized influence on the world ... we have to wonder how many times Musk, Thiel, Carnegie, and Soros have played the game.
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32/ this subgenre is fascinating, but it's not the kind of thing I think I'd do a good job at plus also, my next three novels are Ari 3, Ari 4, and the alt-history cyberpunk thing that'll prob take 10+ yearshttps://twitter.com/ded_ruckus/status/1482114379852115968 …
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33/ Oh, it wasn't even that far back. 6 or 9 months, I think. I believe that the initiating meme this time around is a bit different than last time ... but I could be wrong. All of this has happened before; all of this will happen again.https://twitter.com/TheLumpenprole/status/1482116909512507397 …
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