> Why would conscious beings who have reached a high technological development even bother with expansion? That's like asking a cush white collar person to mine

> Why would conscious beings who have reached a high technological development even bother with expansion? That's like asking a cush white collar person to mine coal on the weekends. It doesn't make sense What about the people who ride on ships from Southport to the Americas to plant crops or cotton? But most expansion beyond the solar system would be inter-generational anyway, so it's more like people who are born on a spaceship and told by their parents they're a pioneer to an uninhabited world, and can't turn around.