Just to clarify: this thought came to me as revenge on David Beckham who's six weeks older than me and marginally more successful.
So, although he would doubtless still make a few quid playing football back then or forward then, this isn't what I'm getting at. I don't mean the opportunity to make a fortune betting on the likelihood of World Wars or the winner of the 1930 World Cup either (very likely and Uruguay, respectively). Or, heading the other way, the fame and riches that would doubtless be afforded to you for being the equivalent of a living caveman, unable to operate something so simple as an iPhone 4062.
I what to know what knowledge would still be important two hundred, ten hundred, or a thousand hundred years past or hence.
Arthur Dent, when he crash-landed on the primitive world of Lamuella, discovered that the only useful thing he knew how to do was make sandwiches. I'm sure he'd also still benefit from knowing how rip currents work, for example, but we're not just after a list of useful practical applications, you and I, we're looking for something else.
What knowledge is always important?
I haven't come up with any answers for any of this (Beckham still wins), so that's what this site is for.
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