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How about colonizing the north of Russia or Canada, the ice caps, the deserts, the oceans? All those are much easier than space, and more useful. Humanity hasn
by cousin_it 18y ago
How about colonizing the north of Russia or Canada, the ice caps, the deserts, the oceans? All those are much easier than space, and more useful.
Humanity hasn't had an outward frontier since the initial spread. The real frontier is technological and faces inward (Moore's law). The engineering solution is refactoring away the bloat of our bodies, when all we need is the minds. Become smaller, become faster, amplify intelligence, virtualize. This universe is cold, lifeless and slow - let's find a new universe in every atom, that's much more interesting.
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- stcredzero 18y agoWe've already seen how the ice caps are coupled to the rest of the world. Femtotech is a dandy idea, but still speculation. We know colonizing space is technically feasible. Once we're there, we know there can be a self sustaining economy. The problem is getting there with one.
- robg 18y agoSerious question: How do "we know there can be a self sustaining economy"?
- stcredzero 18y agoWe have good reason to suspect that we can grow food and have access to all of the materials we need out there to build an industrial infrastructure.