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.

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.