How I read this: Man argues that because we cant get away from the competitive nature of the male dominance that pushes society into its gluttony for growth ("G

How I read this: Man argues that because we cant get away from the competitive nature of the male dominance that pushes society into its gluttony for growth ("Get that GDP up!") we have no alternate but to find new sources to exploit for growth. While I admire Musk for his accomplishments this is no reason for us to follow his lead in ignoring the core of the problem. I'm all for absurdity masked as "vision" except when it distracts from serious problems. This is not really a critique of musk. His push for electric cars shows clearly he's both concerned as much with saving this environment as he is with leaving it. I'm just not sure great attention from the public to this idea of Mars inspires that same balance. Finally, to entertain the idea of a colony on Mars is pretty much tantamount acknowledging you're lineage is going to die off. You do notice he said 1 million people. So I ask the proponents, are you really worried about the survival of humanity or does this issue touch some other motives? Perhaps just the novelty of it. Perhaps the relief it gives you from not having to waste as many neurons on thinking about ecological complexity and the economic complexity it carries. In the same manner that Musk would say "fuck Earth" why can't we just say "fuck civilisation". I'm certain microbes and life on earth will continue onward long after we are gone.