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If I could travel to the past, 13 things I would do differently (without risking my current existence)

Time travel is a dangerous piece of business. I have argued that the greatest super power – without question – would be the ability to travel in time. That said, I have also argued that I would prefer that this power only send our hero forward in time, to see the disasters that loom ahead…

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An important corollary on the two greatest super powers of all time

Last week I wrote that the two greatest super powers of all time are immortality and time travel, with teleportation coming in a possible, albeit distant third. I’d like to offer a corollary on this: 1. If you’re not interested in living forever, then I am willing to acknowledge that immortality might not be the…

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The two best super powers of all time (one of them is not teleportation)

My wife, Deadspin, and many others argue that teleportation is the greatest of all the super powers.  Teleportation would be an amazing super power to possess. I would love to be able to teleport from location to location instantly. I think it may be the third best super power. But objectively, the best super powers, in this…

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Super secret time travel for the purposes of behavior management

I took this picture of my daughter walking past this particular car in order to convince her at some point in the future that the photograph was taken in the late 1970’s. “Time travel, Clara! Daddy is capable of time travel! So do you’re homework, damn it, or I’ll send you back to 1987 when…

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