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Well said. From another perspective... I often look up at the night sky and think to myself: how many civilizations are gone, simply because they failed to hav
by Arjuna 13y ago
Well said.
From another perspective... I often look up at the night sky and think to myself: how many civilizations are gone, simply because they failed to have the vision to leave their home planet?
A great line from a t-shirt:
"Asteroids... are nature's way of asking: 'How's that space program coming along?'"
- jlgreco 13y agoI fear that the "Great Filter" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_filter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_filter) is less likely to be a big rock or hunk of ice whacking planets full of the uninspired, but rather the speed of light necessitating dense civilizations to minimize communication latency. The sooner we expand, the better, because we are only going to become more addicted to information and instantaneous species-wide communication.
- wozniacki 13y agoCould you elaborate on a) communication latency b) addicted to information and c) instantaneous species-wide communication. and how those are greater risk factors?