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> It's a shame that this guy is the figure that will take humanity to Mars. Not humanity. Only selected ones.
by johannes1234321 4y ago
> It's a shame that this guy is the figure that will take humanity to Mars.
Not humanity. Only selected ones.
- mwint 4y agoThis comment is like someone saying they’re eating pizza, and responding “you’re only eating a few slices”
- themitigating 4y agoI think you mean the benefit of technological advances from a mars trip. A mars trip itself is only for those going. Most people don't get a part of it unlike pizza which can be divided
- mwint 4y agoSo, how would you define “taking humanity to Mars”? Surely you don’t have to take all the humans to Mars. We’d all agree that Europeans (non-exclusively) colonized the Americas, but not all Europeans went and not all had the opportunity.
- themitigating 4y agoYou compared a tangible item being divided amoung people to an achievement for humanity as a species. They are two different things. That's my issue
- mwint 4y agoThe Americas were divided among people (original inhabitants, and later colonies), and many countries & people weren’t recipients. But I’d still say that humanity has reached America.
- nerdix 4y agoYou don't want to be on that train anyway. It only goes one way. And it will likely result in a premature death.
- tsimionescu 4y ago> And it will likely result in a premature death. Likely is putting it quite mildly - it's likely to cause a premature death in the same way that throwing yourself off the empire state building is likely to cause some injury.
- cycomanic 4y agoThere was an interesting critique of Musks futurism by Tom Nicholas. It definitely gave me another perspective. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OtKEetGy2Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OtKEetGy2Y