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> Sadly, ethical red tape won't allow a mass exodus to other stars - as the stock market would inevitably plunge, and there would be chaos. What ethical red ta
by NhanH 12y ago
> Sadly, ethical red tape won't allow a mass exodus to other stars - as the stock market would inevitably plunge, and there would be chaos.
What ethical red tape are you referring too? Because I can't quite think of any. And do you mind elaborate on the stock market too?
On the topic of scarcity vs abundance, fundamentally, there might be physical constraints that will never allow us to really be "abundance": space is big, really really big.
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- senormoll 12y ago> space is big, really really big. And the corollary to that: space is empty, really really empty. The government could encourage space exodus, even offer each citizen $1 million to leave. It's still just not possible right now.
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- hellbanner 12y agoRed tape: humans have been too busy fighting over land to make tremendous advances in the space programs. Compare money (our unit of abstract value) spent on weapons, internationally, compared to space exploration.