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Man belongs wherever he wants to go – and he'll do plenty well when he gets there. Quote aside, I haven't found the heavy industry statement you seem to be tal
by 0x_rs 5y ago
Man belongs wherever he wants to go – and he'll do plenty well when he gets there.
Quote aside, I haven't found the heavy industry statement you seem to be talking about. Is it about that Bezos tweet or whatever? There's some great promising manufacturing techniques in zero-g, but it seems incredibly obvious sending anything in space or low orbit now and in the near future requires expending more energy than whatever its refinement or manufacturing will be worth. Furthermore, no, you can't fix Earth now. The only possible way to achieve that is eradicating humanity. Don't start talking about war, famines or whatever without imagining the disastrous consequences they may have (overpopulation, et cetera). The best humanity can do is continue experimenting and developing new technologies to at least improve the lives of the majority of people.
- matmatmatmat 5y ago> Man belongs wherever he wants to go – and he'll do plenty well when he gets there. I find this level of optimism completely unwarranted. Plenty of people have died trying to go places they hadn't gone to before, or if they simply had to leave where they were. Explorers, places with overpopulation, refugees, I mean, the list really goes on. > Furthermore, no, you can't fix Earth now. The only possible way to achieve that is eradicating humanity. I disagree, and I think this is far too pessimistic. Food security, climate change, politics, all huge, huge problems, but there's real progress being made on all those fronts.