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space is for boomers, just fix earth.
by lerp-io 1y ago
space is for boomers, just fix earth.
- JumpCrisscross 1y agoTo the extent this philosophy has merit, it’s in the societies that embrace it being virtually guaranteed to become poorer and thus, possibly, lower in population and energy and material intensity compared with their peers who keep technologically advancing.
- cellular 1y ago"Tragedy of the commons" effect.
- NoGravitas 1y agoIndeed, the challenge of fixing Earth is much, much simpler than that of constructing a contained self-sufficient habitat that can operate without input from Earth for hundreds of years. And maybe doing the first will produce useful knowledge for if we ever are ready to try the second.
- m4rtink 1y agoWhy not both ?
- lerp-io 1y agobecause priorities