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The lack of access to clean water and most of the bad stuff happening around the world is not an engineering problem, it's a political problem. Elon Musk's pass
by bicubic 9y ago
The lack of access to clean water and most of the bad stuff happening around the world is not an engineering problem, it's a political problem. Elon Musk's passion lies in engineering, not in politics.
So while your sentiment is fine in a vacuum, I don't think it fits on this thread, and it's certainly not a sound criticism against advancing space colonization. In fact, there's a sizable sentiment that this planet is beyond saving due to political failures, and colonizing other planets is the only way for our species to survive.
- evanlivingston 9y agoI don't mean to antagonize Elon Musk himself. What I wanted to point out is that the future doesn't exist in a vacuum. While some people are jumping around on mars others will be unable to put food on their table. It saddens me to see that things that make people most excited about the future are the development of technologies that don't address issues of inequality. Why would our political failures not follow us to other planets that we colonize?
- olau 9y agoI think it's a harsh view of human nature that doesn't allow for individuals to have individual motivations.
- solveinequality 9y agowhat technology will change inequality? genetic engineering to turn the entire human race into sex-free clones?
- feborges 9y ago/me is looking forward for a new planet without politics </sarcasm>
- feborges 9y agoEngineering is a political act!