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Space migration is possible but would it matter? You could build a big Mars settlement and that would have its own economy but how much would that add growth t
by api 4y ago
Space migration is possible but would it matter?
You could build a big Mars settlement and that would have its own economy but how much would that add growth to Earth? Transit times are long and the cost to move goods is high for fundamental physical reasons, leaving intangibles as the only thing that could trade in really high volume.
I doubt an increase in software or media from Mars could compensate for limits to growth on Earth.
On a side note: I suspect that demand limits to growth from stabilizing or falling population and decreasing marginal utility of goods and services (“saturation”) will be as significant as limiters of growth as supply side limits.
- wahnfrieden 4y agoit’s obviously no answer for increasingly short term concerns on earth
- whimsicalism 4y agoIt seems like services, information, tech are all huge contributors to modern growth beyond just "raw physical" goods. Seems like it could have a substantial impact on Earth, especially when you consider innovations. Imagine having high billions-trillions of people and millions working on a given innovation or line of research or whatever.
- convolvatron 4y agoif we cared about higher levels of innovation or research, we don't need to have a trillion babies. we just need to educate the ones we have already, and give them the opportunity to do that kind of work.
- whimsicalism 4y agoWe need both. Nurture is not the entire factor, there are also genetic fluctuations over intelligence. Higher population increases the proportion we expect with that.