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Genuine question. I do not doubt that pursuing the question would be worthwhile. However given how far off we are from achieving this aim, does the effort itsel
by wnc3141 3y ago
Genuine question. I do not doubt that pursuing the question would be worthwhile. However given how far off we are from achieving this aim, does the effort itself provide value elsewhere from the diffusion of innovation in the same way the Apollo program is said to have done.
- somenameforme 3y agoLet me turn the question around on you. Imagine the Apollo program somehow provided no value whatsoever beyond what it achieved - putting a man on the Moon. Would it have been worth it to do it? To me, the answer there is undoubtedly yes. The whole point of all the 'value' in existence is to achieve these great things. Without these great achievements, I'm not even entirely sure the direction our species has taken could be argued to be good. Declining fertility, urban cityscapes that feel increasingly dystopic, working vastly more than even hunter-gathers did (or do), and more. But to what end? There needs to be some payoff to go down this road. For one who is not into consumerism, the only payoff I can see is in these great milestones that probably could not be achieved without going down this path we've chosen.
- shiroiushi 3y ago>urban cityscapes that feel increasingly dystopic, This sounds US-specific. Lots of cities are quite nice to live in, and quite far from "dystopic" (dystopian?).