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While I have no strong opinion on this, it's interesting from a game theoretical perspective that the only way Mars doesn't get contaminated requires the consen
by algorias 13y ago
While I have no strong opinion on this, it's interesting from a game theoretical perspective that the only way Mars doesn't get contaminated requires the consent of pretty much all of humanity, as a single entity deciding to send some antarctic lichens (or whatever) can't easily be stopped by the others.
An entity interested in this could be the space program of a country or even a privately backed kickstarter project; such an undertaking doesn't take nearly as much resources as one would initially estimate.
- CWuestefeld 13y agosend some antarctic lichens I know what novel you read - and I recommend the series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_trilogy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_trilogy
- cesarbs 13y agoSummary of Mars trilogy: go to Mars, become a hippie. Ok, I know there's a lot more to the book, but the whole hippie-ish thing blew it for me. I stopped reading halfway through Green Mars when Hiroko shows up naked and the conference for the future of Mars becomes a huge pagan ritual/festival.
- Morgawr 13y agoIf I wasn't interested before, now I definitely want to read this
- dalke 13y agoAs I recall, it confused Hiroko as well. Apparently it was translated as an artistic statement against the confines of rigid structure, or something like that. It's been a while since I read the series. Once it got to the political debates, including on how the future school system might be set up, I started skimming.