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See also Seveneves[1], where a similar evacuation does indeed have some downsides. It's also a theme in one of my favorite Ted Chiang stories, "Mono no Aware"[2
by blacksmith_tb 8y ago
See also Seveneves[1], where a similar evacuation does indeed have some downsides. It's also a theme in one of my favorite Ted Chiang stories, "Mono no Aware"[2].
1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seveneves https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seveneves
2: http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/mono-no-aware/ http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/mono-no-aware/
- mcrider 8y agoSeveneves and the Dark Forest series are literally the last two (sets of) books I read and they are so wonderful. The last book in the Dark Forest series in particular has some of the most mind-blowing concepts I've encountered in SciFi.