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guynamedjames t1_j115q2y wrote

Reply to comment by Ryiujin in How would we get about traveling through deep space? by MysteryMystery305

This creates an interesting problem for accounting in the future. Future money is considered less valuable than present money so accountants will have to account for relativistic effects.

Mostly a joke but it creates an issue for funding long distance trips. If the passengers fund it, no problem. But if the funders stay behind they're unlikely to ever recoup their investments.

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Alucard661 t1_j119xfo wrote

In hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, there is a five star restaurant at the end of the the universe where diners eat the most expensive dinners and watch the end of the universe and matter from outside the universe. How do you pay you ask? Simple deposit a penny in your own time by the time you show up to eat compound interest pays for the dinner!

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