omg it has names and a wikipedia article. thank u
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Try to introduce base ten numbers (multiplication gets a lot easier) and double entry book-keeping (Renaissance era tech that makes businesses a lot easier to manage).
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2000 years ago base 10 already existed and had for 1000 years.
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Try and start a numerical cult a la Pythagoras with the aim of getting people to adopt a base-12 (dozenal) number system. I could sweeten the pot by "inventing" zero, negative and imaginary numbers, calculus and basic vector algebra.
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Of course that assumes I'm dropped somewhere that is an intellectual forebear of the modern Western tradition. Otherwise it doesn't matter and I'd probably try to rig up some kind of rudimentary shower and toilet.
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Invest in the stock market
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