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Ask HN: What book would you like to read from year 3020?

5 points by pplonski86 ↗ HN
If you could read one book from year 3020 what would it be?

I would select elementary physics book. For me the development in physics is worth more than knowing the history or past stock movements.

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emteycz
A book by the most accomplished philosopher
paulz_
A history of space travel.
pplonski86
I would also be interested in history of space travel but I would rather bet that in physics book there will be information what kind of engines space crafts are using (based on which findings).
daly
How to survive heat stroke
pplonski86
Isn't it available currently? or you are talking about much more extreme temperatures > 60 Celsius?
giantg2
A detailed history of stock market activity for the years 2020 and 2021.

If I know the future, I can make a ton of money. The other suggestions I've seen are good, but mostly just satisfy curiosity about distant future events. I would rather make an obscene amount of money and work on current day problems or curiosities.

sloaken
Sports records - if I went for Stock market I would probably end up impacting the market, like my buddy Cramer.

I would love to have the tech, but I fear anything useful would either be too hard to understand or too big.

zanecraw
Masks for Dummies: A How-To Book for those too Stupid to Cover their Shit-Spewing Mouth.