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I guess I'm more a glass half empty kind of guy. Almost every human who has ever lived has died unable to solve fundamental problems of how to prevent death du

I guess I'm more a glass half empty kind of guy. Almost every human who has ever lived has died unable to solve fundamental problems of how to prevent death due to natural causes or disease. There are problems which- so far- are beyond human intelligence. While I can't rule out the possibility of people living offworld one day I also can't rule out the possibility we'll hit a limit of human intelligence or organizational capability.

haxiomic 5y ago
Sometimes I try to imagine living in the past or far future and I can’t help but have a feeling of “Oh dear lord I’m lucky to be a working age adult in _this_ particular moment of human history” The far future an individual human is perhaps unlikely to be able to contribute much - perhaps as you say, we’ve reached a plateau of development And in the past individuals had less mobility to contribute to what they wanted But right now we’re in the middle of an exponential explosion of development and we can’t get enough smart motivated people to power it So right now it’s possible to get involved in so many exciting projects and make a decent contribution - including making humans multi-planetary if that is your dream