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I think the biggest challenge in terms of a sustained presence on Mars is not the engineering [or scientific] challenge, but the human [and] personal one," Pol
by FerretFred 6y ago
I think the biggest challenge in terms of a sustained presence on Mars is not the engineering [or scientific] challenge, but the human [and] personal one,"
Politics/location aside, that seems to imply that if you come out of lockdown self-isolation without going crazy, you may well be suited to live in an environment like that.
- mc32 6y agoI see it differently. People who initially go there will self-select. The problem is, to my mind, people’s mental breakdowns—maybe induced by the new enviro, but also other things, including perhaps genetic. And that’s the people who self-select. What about new generations? Large populations will produce a variety of minds. Many will be sound, some not. How do you deal with the Kaczynskis of the world? Could you even have protests that could erupt into collapse? One thing you could do is compartmentalize “cities” so that if one implodes/explodes it doesn’t take the whole “mars civilization” with it, but still...
- LargoLasskhyfv 6y agoChina style full spectrum surveillance with predictive policing like in Minority Report, orwellian telesupervisor gadgets everywhere, any time, and implants, from the beginning. Tracking not only YOU, but every object, tool, material, ingredient, keeping stock of everything in real time. What else?