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I don't want to travel to the future

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I'm not really sure if I would like to travel to the future sincerely, I think this could be very depressing if as humanity we continue on this course or if, on the contrary, everything has changed for the better that would ruin my surprise. I would prefer, in fact, to travel back in time since it causes me much more curiosity and I think I could understand certain things that today do not make much sense to me. In any case, I do not know how possible time travel is, but if it were proven that it is possible, I think it is something that for safety should not be experienced. In fact, perhaps I am not so excited about the trip to the future because simply scientific advances and "progress" do not give me any sense of optimism, unless the new technologies are in essential fields such as medicine and of equal access. If not, I simply find them unnecessary. I hope that in the future there will be better and more accessible cancer treatments instead of flying cars, although I ...

My Future Job

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I would like to work as a social anthropologist specializing in socio-environmental problems, focused on conflicts caused by the installation of extractive mining companies. Therefore, I would like this work, and should be done, on the outdoors in the middle of the territories in conflict to be able to work together with the local communities. I live in Santiago and the vast majority of these types of conflicts caused by extractivism take place outside the region, and a large part of them are located in the northern part of the country, so I would have to travel frequently to carry out this I work and that motivates me a lot. I am sure that they will be great experiences and I hope to help with them. All this interests me now for now that I am studying anthropology with a specialty in social anthropology. Regarding salary, there are many memes and it is classic to make fun that anthropologists do not receive a very good salary in their jobs, but this is rather an exaggeration I think, ...