>> To think in such a manner can certainly be considered heartless. > How does that follow? They're considering the needs of untold billions of individuals not

>> To think in such a manner can certainly be considered heartless. > How does that follow? They're considering the needs of untold billions of individuals not yet born Are they really considering the needs of unborn individuals, or just ignoring the needs of actual living individuals to focus on sci-fi tech stuff that excites them? By focusing too much on the speculative sci-fi needs of future generations, you may condemn those generations to suffer through the same hard problems we have now that were left unsolved so some tech billionaires could focus on sexy stuff.