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> every inch is covered with intricate and interconnected systems already The intricate and interconnected systems are what is required to make Earth habitable
by yowzadave 3y ago
> every inch is covered with intricate and interconnected systems already
The intricate and interconnected systems are what is required to make Earth habitable! If you wanted to live on Mars, you'd have to replicate the same complexity synthetically. Hopefully we can learn to treat the Earth with the same care that you'd treat the oxygen production system for your Martian bubble.
- jjoonathan 3y agoYes, but on Earth you have the option of being a bastard who pushes your problems onto other systems. On Mars you have no choice but to develop closed circular systems. It's harder to engineer but harder to sin, too. I have high hopes that we will figure out the engineering. I have low hopes that we will figure out how to systematically avoid temptation. I think space exploration is the best way to figure out circular systems at scale, and hopefully those lessons can be backported.