somewhat tangential - as a kid I loved science fiction and stories about the next great frontier. it was fascinating, the possibility of limitless exploration a

somewhat tangential - as a kid I loved science fiction and stories about the next great frontier. it was fascinating, the possibility of limitless exploration and new problems to solve. perhaps my perspective has been skewed over time (or this concept was lost on my naivety at the time) but now it feels like interstellar colonization is more about an escape hatch for the inevitable end of civilization on earth. we'll destroy (intentionally or not) what we have here, set up shop somewhere else and start the process all over again?