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Consider an alternate viewpoint: The universe is destroying natural resources both via growing blackholes as well as by entire galaxies moving beyond our access
by aeternum 6y ago
Consider an alternate viewpoint: The universe is destroying natural resources both via growing blackholes as well as by entire galaxies moving beyond our accessible light cone due to expansion.
Thus we are wasting an unfathomable amount of natural resources by delaying our transition to a space-faring civilization. And world GDP is currently the best measure we have of human technological progress.
- WhompingWindows 6y agoMost of the unfathomable amount of resources being lost isn't even within traveling distance, right? And there's a massive bounty to be found in the asteroid belt here in our solar system, we could make trillions of dollars of "wealth" by transporting rare metals back here, surely? The main reason for delays on this front seems to be a lack of long-term thinking, as well as a general disinterest in advancing space technology.
- darepublic 6y agoIf we can develop warp drive those light cones won't be constraining
- aeternum 6y agoThey may not be as constraining but we will still be constrained by available energy. Bending spacetime requires huge amounts of energy. So maybe instead of a light-cone it would be a warp-energy cone.