Written by Orson Scott Card, this book was recommended to me by a friend. The story discusses the future of Earth after cataclysmic event(s) initiated by human race that ends up wiping out 90% of the Earth's population. The survivors create a group called Pastwatch with sophisticated equipment that can "watch" the past. What happens though is that some of them realize they can alter the past...
A question that came to mind was, "Would I want to alter the past?" Part of me says yes I'd like to go back to 3rd grade and change this, I'd like to do this differently in high school, I wish I'd gone to this university, etc. Regarding a post by Johnny Elbows about events or interactions influencing decisions or who you are (remember originality discussion), I wondered how much I would change with those decisions I'd want to change, or because of who I am innately, would I still "steer" towards something similar to who I am today?
I watched an episode of Lost this week, and one of the characters seemed to be talking about previous events predicting future behavior or outcomes. I think when I was born, I was built with some characteristics or tendencies, and that my life has amplified, diminished, and maybe even developed some new parts of me. Yet, I think you can carve me up and see my base or original part of me that was on day 1. Anyways, this has fascinated me lately.