If you could choose a time period to be born into, when would it be?

NinetyOne · 12 Jan 2013 at 20:49

Can be past, present or future.

I'm undecided. While being born into the future would bless me with all sorts of weird and wonderful technology, living in the past in a simpler time might be nice.

PapaLazaru · 12 Jan 2013 at 20:53

Born in the fifties, so I could spend my youth in the sixties, probably getting totally wasted.

Judgeneo · 12 Jan 2013 at 20:54

Being born in 2013 would be pretty good.

Craterloads · 12 Jan 2013 at 20:56

Definitely future for me, when space travel is a common thing.

Although it would be cool being born centuries earlier, as long as you were wealthy.

SexyGreyFox · 12 Jan 2013 at 21:45

I was born in 1958 and I reckon that was perfect because of the life, experiences and changes I've seen.
Perhaps 5 years earlier I might have got to see Hendrix.

NuggetUK · 12 Jan 2013 at 21:54

I would be wary of choosing to live in the future where all of the natural resources are depleted and society collapses, like in Mad Max.

To answer the question: Medieval times.

Azza · 12 Jan 2013 at 21:57

A long time a go. Ancient times.

chipperhead · 12 Jan 2013 at 21:57

About a thousand years in the future, we can't even begin to imagine what it'll be like. Thinking about it I'm sure we'll have wiped ourselves out well before then but I'd take the risk.

Biohazard · 12 Jan 2013 at 22:11

The end of time.

Fuzz · 12 Jan 2013 at 22:27

When the world lives in peace and harmony with everything.

Strife212 · 12 Jan 2013 at 22:29

I think the world is in decline, would not like to be born in the near future tbh

KingBrian · 12 Jan 2013 at 22:31

Probably the 1910s, I've always been fascinated by the culture back then.

Katoom · 12 Jan 2013 at 22:35

Depends what colour you are.

SlyReaper · 12 Jan 2013 at 22:37

Distant future. Humanity can be a terrible ugly thing, but as we look through history, we've been getting better. I'd like to see a time when humanity achieves things beyond the imagination of all but the most insane futurologist.

I remember a quote from somewhere, but I don't remember who said it: "there may yet be a heaven; it isn't going to be perfect and we're going to have to build it ourselves".

jmc007 · 12 Jan 2013 at 22:40

Israel two thousand years ago would be good for the crack. Probably better than my first thought of 1960's San Francisco.

Cleeecooo · 12 Jan 2013 at 22:42

Going into the past in this country isn't such a good idea, for me. I'd probably go to the future, whenever we have perfected nanotechnology

Smigly · 12 Jan 2013 at 22:48

When robin hood was about.

Mickie · 13 Jan 2013 at 00:03

I'd have liked to be the the first family out of Africa and into Europe or the first people into america, before the Indians..

But maybe i'd not enjoy living in the wild, constantly thinking you'd get eat by a tiger or bear.. but i'd have thought living would be easier, plenty food, plenty land and if you had a time machine you could go back with enough knowledge to re shape the world..

robgmun · 13 Jan 2013 at 00:07

I would be interested in about 2250-2300

Rameses · 13 Jan 2013 at 00:11

PapaLazaru said:
Born in the fifties, so I could spend my youth in the sixties, probably getting totally wasted.

This. In California with the Beach Boys on the radio. :cool: