| Writer's Block: Timely Departures |
[Mar. 13th, 2009|01:04 pm] |
I've always had an affinity for Benjamin Franklin. Printer. Journalist. Scientist. Enterpeneur. Statesman. Philosopher. To me, he's the enbodiment of the American dream: someone who came out into the adult world with next to nothing, and improved himself and his station with hard work and ingenuity. He had a lot of admirable traits (though marital fidelity apparently wasn't one of them -_-;, but I digress). If it could be done without screwing up history, I can kind of imagine talking with him, talking about science, politics, and all the techological changes his scientific studies helped bring about (electrical transmission, refrigeration, and air conditioning come to mind). I think it would be fascinating to talk with such a learned and inquisitive mind about all the stuff that's gone on in the 200+ years since he lived, and maybe gain some new insights from his personal experiences.
So my choice would be to travel to around the time of the signing of the U.S. Constitution to talk with Ben Franklin, and gain some new insights on him and on liberty, and really just satisfy my curiosity (like any good scientist and/or tinkerer). :) |
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