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I understand the feasibility of such an endeavor as faster than light travel is not high, but does anyone else get kind of existential depression for not being

I understand the feasibility of such an endeavor as faster than light travel is not high, but does anyone else get kind of existential depression for not being able to live long enough to see these kind of advancements humanity might make?

dguaraglia 8y ago
The short answer is "yes". The long answer is: the longer you live, the more your concerns lay elsewhere (career, health, kids, etc.) and you stop worrying so much about what you are going to miss, and start focusing more on what you might be missing right now. From a philosophical aspect, it also helps to remind yourself that - for all we know - we might be living in the "Golden Age" of humanity and it's all downhill from here. Enjoy the present, maybe experiment with psychedelics. It gets better :)
- johndubchak 8y ago
  +1
overcast 8y ago
Concentrate on experiencing as much as you can on this awesome planet we were all lucky enough to be a part of. There is more than enough here for a dozen lifetimes to explore.
wuliwong 8y ago
I do indeed.
dogma1138 8y ago
Even at “warp speeds” you’ll likely live a life simmilar to this one on a single planet where ever it may be. Space is so big that it’s nearly pointless to travel for place A to place B because place B likely won’t have anything place A won’t, especially if we are talking on a solar system scale, so traveling to another solar system is nearly pointless. While we might spread to the stars were likely going to end up with solar system scale separate civilizations rather than some huge inter planetary alliance unless there is a clear need for e.g. if we would have discovered an enemy.
- magduf 8y ago
  >Space is so big that it’s nearly pointless to travel for place A to place B because place B likely won’t have anything place A won’t, especially if we are talking on a solar system scale, so traveling to another solar system is nearly pointless. What the heck are you talking about? We're not talking about humans making nearly-identical colonies with the same chain stores like Starbucks; different planets are going to look radically different, especially if we find planets with life, as it's quite possible life will look radically different on other planets where it evolved differently.
philwelch 8y ago
It's a glass-half-full thing. I'm mostly just glad that I live in the era of antibiotics and anesthetic.

dguaraglia 8y ago

The short answer is "yes". The long answer is: the longer you live, the more your concerns lay elsewhere (career, health, kids, etc.) and you stop worrying so much about what you are going to miss, and start focusing more on what you might be missing right now. From a philosophical aspect, it also helps to remind yourself that - for all we know - we might be living in the "Golden Age" of humanity and it's all downhill from here. Enjoy the present, maybe experiment with psychedelics. It gets better :)

johndubchak 8y ago
+1

overcast 8y ago

Concentrate on experiencing as much as you can on this awesome planet we were all lucky enough to be a part of. There is more than enough here for a dozen lifetimes to explore.

wuliwong 8y ago

I do indeed.

dogma1138 8y ago

Even at “warp speeds” you’ll likely live a life simmilar to this one on a single planet where ever it may be. Space is so big that it’s nearly pointless to travel for place A to place B because place B likely won’t have anything place A won’t, especially if we are talking on a solar system scale, so traveling to another solar system is nearly pointless. While we might spread to the stars were likely going to end up with solar system scale separate civilizations rather than some huge inter planetary alliance unless there is a clear need for e.g. if we would have discovered an enemy.

magduf 8y ago
>Space is so big that it’s nearly pointless to travel for place A to place B because place B likely won’t have anything place A won’t, especially if we are talking on a solar system scale, so traveling to another solar system is nearly pointless. What the heck are you talking about? We're not talking about humans making nearly-identical colonies with the same chain stores like Starbucks; different planets are going to look radically different, especially if we find planets with life, as it's quite possible life will look radically different on other planets where it evolved differently.

philwelch 8y ago

It's a glass-half-full thing. I'm mostly just glad that I live in the era of antibiotics and anesthetic.