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That's nearly impossible to say, because the non-existence of computers implies an entirely different world from the one we live in. Pretty much literally ever

That's nearly impossible to say, because the non-existence of computers implies an entirely different world from the one we live in. Pretty much literally everything from the 1950s onward was influenced by the development of computers. But, if I think about what I would have liked to do, hypothetically, I'd love to have pursued math further and gone on to do a PhD. After that, assuming academia hadn't imploded in this hypothetical world, as it has in the real world, I'd like to end up on the tenure track somewhere in a nice city with some culture.

perilunar 3y ago
> implies an entirely different world from the one we live in I wonder about that. Pretty much everything around us apart from computers themselves already existed in some form before computers. When I walk down the street, or look around my house, the physical world looks much the same as it did in the 60s or 70s. Cleaner perhaps, and the billboards are now animated. Cars are sleeker, clothes are messier. Aeroplanes, houses, buildings, etc. look much the same. I think the social world has changed more than the physical. In part due to the internet, but mostly due to the pill.