The Importance Of Time Travel In The Future

Many people in our society have encouraged others to ¨live in the moment”. Yet with the rapid changes and evolution of technology, scientists have commenced believing that time travel may one day be viable. For some, the thought of being able to go back to the past or into the future is exhilarating and may seem beneficial to our technological advancements and civilization. But in reality, time travel is detrimental to our society and mankind because a change in the past can immensely change what happens in the future, the process of getting there is extremely dangerous, and there would be a vast difference in societal and cultural beliefs. Changing the past can be extremely dangerous for the future. In the book, Timeline by Michael Crichton, the professor leaves his bifocal lens while he is living in the Medieval time period and his students discover those lenses along with a message. When asked about the message, Stern tells Marek, “There's no question about it. If the Professor really wrote that, he wrote it six hundred years ago” (Crichton 62). While this may not have been a massive change in the future, there have been countless other situations where the time travelers’ actions have impacted the future. For example, when the two guides were murdered by the knights. “Baretto and Gomez were still standing beside the path, just standing there, apparently in shock at what they saw galloping toward them. The black rider leaned over in the saddle and swung his

In Timeline, is is continuously displayed how time travel affected the lives of many people. It changed the future greatly, the technological aspect had many issues, and the differences in culture and society was a big challenge to accept. Instead of trying to go back and change the past, it would be more beneficial to move forward and try to better the