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> The world must cooperate The world can't cooperate to block spread of covid, to end hunger, to avoid global warming, to end traffic of sex slaves, to curb nu
by diego_moita 5y ago
> The world must cooperate
The world can't cooperate to block spread of covid, to end hunger, to avoid global warming, to end traffic of sex slaves, to curb nuclear weapons, to end chemical weapons and land mines, ...
Heck, even in some "civilized" countries people can't collaborate to achieve mass vaccination...
Do you really have any hope we will collaborate on organizing space traffic?
- uCantCauseUCant 5y agoThe world can collaborate on not firing upon each other with nuclear weapons. Our "great" sociopathic leaders - worry greatly - at least for their own asses. Which means, collaboration is possible, its just not desired by all those deranged minds in power.
- krisoft 5y ago> Do you really have any hope we will collaborate on organizing space traffic? Yes. It's a much simpler problem with a lot fewer agents. Furthermore all agents share the same incentives. It is in every satellite operator's best interest to not pulverize their sat by an other one.
- Workaccount2 5y agoI think the concern is that some of those satellite operators might be totally subject to the will of some dumbass dictator or politician. I think of that Romanian dictator (Ceaușescu) who let his totally uneducated wife design the subway system in Bucharest. It was completely non-sensical, but the engineers had their hands tied (although they did secretly build stations in anticipation of common sense coming along at some point.)