In the future, time travel was invented and universally approved with anti-paradox super AI-driven computational safeguards, including limiting travel to only within one’s own lifetime.

  Unfortunately, it had negative repercussions on much of civilization’s progress.

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  For example, two automated-factory maintenance workers, Joe and Bob, discussed a status report:

  “Joe, robotic-assembler unit 53 is malfunctioning, and we’re only getting 87% efficiency.”

  “I know that, Bob. You said that five days ago. But really, man, it’s such a pain to repair; besides, what’s the rush? We can go back anytime and fix it.”

  “Damn, Joe, we’ve become such procrastinators!”

  They both laughed.