>>17845583 (OP)how much control do I have? how many times can I travel?
the boring answer is that I would start traveling forward incrementally. I would see how the winds are changing to avoid going too far and ending up in a hellscape that would kill me immediately
if technology kept progressing, I would make myself virtually immortal and then I would travel back in time, buy a bunch of bitcoin, then go back to my old life, which I enjoy a lot
I would then occasionally go on trips to the past, for fun. maybe write a few "speculative" history books. I would still occasionally pop into the future when I needed anything. cure a disease. solve a pressing issue
I would try to secretly make my loved ones and some of my favorite friends immortal. at least age more slowly. just long enough to get them to reach the time where the technology is available to everyone, maybe
I would try to keep it lowkey. I suppose I should