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Lemme rephrase the prompt a different way. A time-traveler from 2020 has been thrown to 2200. You know their name and biography and need to get a message to them via "regular" time. How would you transmit it without knowing anything about where/how they've landed?
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What is one thing you could do with your talents in the next year that has a chance of being around in recognizable form and significant in the year 2200? A non-trivial legacy for posterity? Let’s exclude writing (memes) and procreation (genes)
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This, btw, is the premise of a story I'm working on. Sending an addressed message through time whose recipient is uncertainly located in space.
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The traditional method is a lawyer bequest, with a percentage held aside for delivery costs. Assumes enough seed money to be worth the hassle, and a firm that remains trustworthy for two centuries.
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Write a very good fantasy novel and spend massive $ on PR when it's published. (Stephen King once observed fantasy tends to outlive other subgenres. It's also the perfect genre for steganographic messages even in its broad blurbs / summaries.)
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Is there any coordination with this person in advance / do they even know they need to be looking for a message? Or does it need to somehow catch their attention in 2200
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The easiest way would be to run a full page NYTimes ad making a public bet that a time traveller will reveal himself / herself in the year 2200. Posterity records and tracks absurd claims.
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