Because the world isn't a game of Civilization? It's not as if establishing an off-world colony will solve any of our actual, serious challenges (mankind's agg

Because the world isn't a game of Civilization? It's not as if establishing an off-world colony will solve any of our actual, serious challenges (mankind's aggression, our lack of empathy, our disregard for environments around us). If anything, it will only further spread the disease known as the human condition. It's an escapist nerd fantasy and I say this as someone who sleeps next to a copy of Dune.