Would it be better to go back in time... or preview the future?

Question

Would it be better to go back in time and change something that happened in your life or have a chance to preview something that is set to occur in the future? why??

Answer 1

Always be better to go back in the past to change something that had happened.  If you can adjust the mistakes that have been made, then the future shouldn't be so bleak.

Answer 2

i think that i might go back in time to change a few things that would make my life better right now and then have a preview of the future to see who i end up marrying and how many kids i would have and how successful i am .

Answer 3

I think things that happen in the past impact your present/ future. If you went back and changed something in your past it would probably change something you didn't want changed in your present. I would probably go with a preview of the future.

Answer 4

I ask you seriously... would there be a difference?

Hasn't it been said that "history repeats itself" and aren't we all humans living similar life patterns and yet as teenagers and young adults we do not seek the advice of our elders and think we have a 'new' way of doings things? I have learned before I try something in life, whether it's a simple recipe or a child raising technique to check with other family experts for their advise.

I personally would not want either. I feel I am aware of human behavior cycles and I am resourceful in that I can always find someone who's been down the path that I might be considering, thus I already have example in the present to learn from.  And seeing into the future would only create more questions and more paths to consider as if there aren't enough in the daily walk of life.

Only true innovative people who completely understand the past should answer and surely they would say the future knowing that if you do what you've always done, then you'll always get what you always had. Perhaps a look at the future for those "new" thinkers might help them find the right questions.

Answer 5

Wow, good question.

I would like to go back in time and buy some Microsoft shares.lol

No, seriously, I would love to go back in time to say goodbye to my brother. He died before I could get there.

Forward in time to see how my kids and hopefully maybe someday grand-kids are doing.

Answer 6

No go back in time.  

The future is not fixed so you would be wasting your chance.