Chapter 1Back to the Future
We're not sure there was a more awesome movie than Back to the Future, starring Michael J. Fox and directed by Robert Zemeckis. This movie was a significant part of both of our childhoods.
For those of you who may not remember, the story concerns 17‐year‐old Marty McFly, who is accidentally sent back in time from 1985 to 1955, in a time machine built from a DeLorean by the eccentric scientist Emmett “Doc” Brown. Soon after his arrival in 1955, Marty inadvertently prevents his future parents from falling in love, threatening to cause a paradox that would result in Marty ceasing to exist. Without plutonium to power the time machine, Marty must find the 1955 Doc Brown to help him reunite his parents and return to 1985.
Marty's father, George, is bullied by his supervisor, Biff Tannen, and Marty has to convince George to stand up to Biff. Returning to the future via a lightning strike that powers the machine, Marty discovers a vastly improved situation for the McFly family, who are now all living their dream. George has become an accomplished science fiction author, Marty's two older siblings have better lives, Marty owns the car of his dreams, and Biff is now an auto detailer.
Similar to the movie, the idea of going back in time and changing the course of our future so we could live out our dream life is the exact thing that attracted so many of us to the world of Web3. It would be the great equalizer and allow so many of us to rewrite our futures. ...
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