Time travel is a science fiction concept involving travel to the past and/or future. Many books and films have featured time travel. Time travel can be achieved with a time machine that takes you to the past and/or future, as in Back to the Future, or you can enter a device that sends you to the past or future without the machine traveling with you (the machine remains in the time from which you came), as in Crusade in Jeans (a novel by Thea Beckman, 1973)
To the right, the covers of three early novels about time travel. These stories have often been adapted into films and all three have been widely imitated.
For example, The Time Machine (H.G. Wells, 1895) was the inspiration for War of the Worlds, 1984 (George Orwell, 1947-48) is the source for Big Brother.
On the Beach (Neville Shute, 1957) is a future scenario about the downfall of humanity after a brief nuclear war. Time travel to the past are often motivated by the need to rectify something and thereby influence history.
You can download the summaries of these books by clicking on the respective image.
The general motive for future travel is often to assess the consequences of a current societal development. The time traveller in H.G. Wells's novel travels many centuries into the future, he discovers that humankind has developed into two very different species of beings, probably as a result of the class struggles and the evident people exploitation during the industrialization era: the Eloi and the Morlocks. The Eloi appear to be beautiful people living in luxurious peace, but they have become much less intelligent, and lack curiosity and the ability to learn. They turn out to be fodder for the Morlocks.
The very actual publicarion Society 4.0, by Bob de Wit, which we referred to in the previous chapter, "Future Perspective," has got the subtitle "Resolving 8 Key Issues to Build a Citizens Society." And indeed, Bob has launched a genuine international movement that is trying to achieve this. See www.society4th.org/internationaal/
Don't we all need to understand the potential consequences of children's use of social media? Or our enormous dependency of the Big Tech? What qualities are we losing because we're becoming addicted to the things that make our lives easier?
Will we let this happen, or will we start a movement to avoid the negative consequences of this innovation?
Or will we simply remain passive consumers?
Future travel with your LD Toolbox
So, what about you and your own future?
What if you from the future could gather information about your own growth potential and with that information boost your own personal growth, after which you would be able to continue learning throughout your life?
That's absolutely possible. With the help of the LD Toolbox (LDT)!
With the LDT's AI-based simulation model, we can calculate what small changes in your current behavioral preferences will help to accelerate your personal growth. But you have to want it yourself and put in the effort!
You can read about it in the examples we've developed in the chapter:
Future Perspective.
We may take the DeLorean to explore your personal development potential.
This will help you accelerate your career and respond to the a lot of quenstions. e.g.
How can I best develop my professional talent, become a better leader, improve my communication with others, and/or use my brains more effectively?