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#155

I think the best reason to invent time machines wouldn't be to go to other human civilizations, cheat at gambling, predict the future, or anything like that. No, the best use for time machines would be to knock out time one spends waiting for things. Say it's winter, and you want to go to the grocery store to buy fresh cold cuts. You start up your car and wait for it to warm up. You drive to the grocery store, waiting at 11 traffic lights on the way, because they are all red. You wait in line at the deli counter. You wait for the meat to be cut up. You wait in line at the register. You wait at the traffic lights again. The average human spends 87% of his life waiting for things, give or take a few dozen percentage points. Long waits are the worst. I have to wait sixty-eight years before I'm 95.