I used to think this until I learned how our solar system moves around the galactic core. Truth is, space is wild. We're like the equivalent of stone age people

I used to think this until I learned how our solar system moves around the galactic core. Truth is, space is wild. We're like the equivalent of stone age people standing on the shore of the atlantic looking out wondering if we can make it out there. Except the ground beneath us is also moving through the ocean at fantastic speeds, causing huge waves in our wake. This is a huge oversimplification by a layperson, but just as ancient seafarers had to escape the currents caused near their shore, we have to figure out how to escape our solar system first, into interstellar space. You're not safe there, but at least you've exited the wake of our sun. Just like we had to exit the graviational pull of earth to reach the moon.