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We'll all die. It's not so terrifying as depressing. Clathrate gun means death for essentially everyone. Maybe Bezos and Musk are right to make off planet life

We'll all die. It's not so terrifying as depressing. Clathrate gun means death for essentially everyone. Maybe Bezos and Musk are right to make off planet life temporarily viable. Modern society is based on relatively predictable large scale agriculture being able to redistribute goods (transportation infra, tech to support distribution). We simply, as a society, are not capable of adapting to those circumstances. Most humans would die and the survivors would not enjoy a modern lifestyle.

jobseeker990 7y ago
The nice thing is I'm not saving anything for retirement since the world is ending soon. I'm laughing at all my coworkers worrying about their 401K matches.
- throwaway5752 7y ago
  That's not smart. Just look at the simplified game tree. What's your utility of what you're putting in a 401k? If we save the world you won't be destitute in old age.
  - herogreen 7y ago
    Not op but I'd be very happy to be destitute in old age just by knowing humanity saved the world.
- netsharc 7y ago
  I think the same as you do, although I'm still saving money (maybe to blow it all in a good party). But a worry I have is, what if there's a way for a low percentage of people to survive, but it would cost mucho money? (Welcome to hyper-capitalism). Imagine if you could've joined this Noah's ark had you saved enough.. Not that 401ks will mean much if society collapses...
6nf 7y ago
> Maybe Bezos and Musk are right to make off planet life temporarily viable. That doesn't make sense. Even if Earth gets completely fubar, there's NO WAY IN HELL that it's going to easier to move to Mars. Mars is waaaaay harder to 'fix' than earth and this is not going to change in many thousands of years.
- cthalupa 7y ago
  Living on planets doesn't really make much sense in the long run. We talk about doing it, and terraforming planets, because we're familiar with living on planets. Bezos sees that, though. He's a big fan of O'Neill cylinders and similar. It's Musk who wants to go try and get us to live on Mars.

jobseeker990 7y ago

The nice thing is I'm not saving anything for retirement since the world is ending soon. I'm laughing at all my coworkers worrying about their 401K matches.

throwaway5752 7y ago
That's not smart. Just look at the simplified game tree. What's your utility of what you're putting in a 401k? If we save the world you won't be destitute in old age.
- herogreen 7y ago
  Not op but I'd be very happy to be destitute in old age just by knowing humanity saved the world.
netsharc 7y ago
I think the same as you do, although I'm still saving money (maybe to blow it all in a good party). But a worry I have is, what if there's a way for a low percentage of people to survive, but it would cost mucho money? (Welcome to hyper-capitalism). Imagine if you could've joined this Noah's ark had you saved enough.. Not that 401ks will mean much if society collapses...

6nf 7y ago

> Maybe Bezos and Musk are right to make off planet life temporarily viable. That doesn't make sense. Even if Earth gets completely fubar, there's NO WAY IN HELL that it's going to easier to move to Mars. Mars is waaaaay harder to 'fix' than earth and this is not going to change in many thousands of years.

cthalupa 7y ago
Living on planets doesn't really make much sense in the long run. We talk about doing it, and terraforming planets, because we're familiar with living on planets. Bezos sees that, though. He's a big fan of O'Neill cylinders and similar. It's Musk who wants to go try and get us to live on Mars.