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Considering our 7 billion inhabitants, perhaps devoting a mere couple thousand of us to this pursuit isn't something to nitpick at?
by lugg 11y ago
Considering our 7 billion inhabitants, perhaps devoting a mere couple thousand of us to this pursuit isn't something to nitpick at?
- nickbauman 11y agoConsidering the small number of highly skilled, highly trained, highly capable people there are this population ratio comparison is not meaningful. If those people are working on "colonizing" Mars they won't be available for saving earth.
- gnarmis 11y agoThere are multiple companies and governments targeting space technology, like sending manned missions and providing infra for cheap launch into LEO. And there are already many efforts to improve existential risk right here on Earth. What's a better population comparison? It'd be instructive to estimate this. But regardless, if you're one in a million, there's like 7 thousand of you. And there's many actors on the stage. But it does spark a useful debate, good point. I would bet according to my uncertainty. If I was donating expertise or money, I'd supply fractional amounts relative to my own consideration of how valuable each endeavor is. It's not all-in.