We could digitize (or otherwise store) human consciousness, print new bodies at the destination, and install those consciousnesses in them. The idea is touched on in Exception. I'd guess the number of variables that come into play for this are pretty large, though.
"We show that the perception of moral decline is pervasive, perdurable, unfounded and easily produced, and suggest that this illusion has implications for research on the misallocation of scarce resources, the underuse of social support and social influence."...
"The world has grown old, does not enjoy that strength which it formerly enjoyed, and does not flourish with the same vigor and strength with which it formerly prevailed ... The farmer is vanishing and disappearing in the fields, the sailor on the sea, the soldier in the camp, innocence in the marketplace, justice in the courts, harmony among friendships, skill among the arts, discipline in morals."
If I have any functioning grey matter left over after work, reading, writing and learning languages are big ones for me. If my mind is exhausted, I'll google "adult coloring pages," print some out, and color while watching TV. I've gotten pretty good at making gradients, and have had a lot of fun experimenting with technique.
If I just want to be active and creative but not think about anything, I cook.
Like many, I find I can come up with cool setting ideas and various characters, but one thing I struggle with is figuring out how to wrap everything up....
A good place to start is to look at stories you love and see how they're structured. I actually find this very useful with movies and some TV shows. Ask yourself how they arrived at that ending, and if it was implied from the beginning. And if it was implied, ask yourself how.
You can also follow some writing formulas to get a feel for them. A common one is the "try-fail" approach. Your characters are attempting to accomplish something -- have them fail twice, and then finally succeed. The failures themselves can be very interesting. For example, Frodo tries to take the ring to Mount Doom, but runs into the Ring Wraiths. They act as an obstacle, so the path is no longer clear.
If you take that approach, in my experience the failures will often suggest the successful ending.
Once you've written the story, go back and read it through. Sometimes endings will feel jarring because there's not enough of a suggestion for them earlier on. You can write in little hints, add a dream sequence, whatever. Over time as you practice with this, you'll develop some mastery and be able to write subtler and more mind-blowing endings.
I'm working on my concept of time. Dealing with time travel, I'd like to say I have a sophisticated grasp of the mechanics and paradoxes of time. Yeah. Above my pay grade, boss.
In my world where the present and the near future are connected by a physical gateway, a basic question is: If I do X in the present does X manifest, having always existed, in the future?
My answer so far is: Sometimes? Not exactly. We don't quite know, really.
Timeline of the far future (en.wikipedia.org)
I discovered this Wikipedia entry a week ago. I've been reading it once a day since then. It's extremely fascinating.
The illusion of moral decline - Nature (www.nature.com)
"We show that the perception of moral decline is pervasive, perdurable, unfounded and easily produced, and suggest that this illusion has implications for research on the misallocation of scarce resources, the underuse of social support and social influence."...
I just bought the only physical encyclopedia still in print, and I regret nothing (arstechnica.com)
What is a low-cost, easy to start hobby?
As a favorite time waster site implodes, I’m sure many of us are in the market for a hobby.
What's your favorite book(s) of all time?
List as many or as few as you like!
As an amateur writer, how do you figure out your endings?
Like many, I find I can come up with cool setting ideas and various characters, but one thing I struggle with is figuring out how to wrap everything up....