• arthur@lemmy.zip
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    16 hours ago

    The expansion of Europe’s reach over the world in the 1500s and 1600s. Or at least the transatlantic slave trade. I would not exist, but a LOT of suffering would be prevented.

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      9 hours ago

      There’s a book called The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson that kind of explores this idea. It’s an alternate history book where the black death kills 99% of the European population instead of about a third, and the world progresses essentially without any European people. It’s really good!

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      14 hours ago

      Which I believe would then create a paradox, because who’s going to stop the transatlantic slave trade if you don’t exist?

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        11 hours ago

        That depends on the kind of time travel we are dealing with. And as no information about that was provided… ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯