Good ideas and conversation. No ads, no tracking. Login or Take a Tour!
mk · 4648 days ago · link · · parent · post: Is it responsible for us to consider inhabiting other planets?
- It is extremely unlikely that humans will last long enough and co-operate strongly enough for us to ever actually leave and colonize space, but I can't think of anything more important for us to try.
I absolutely agree. I also can't think of anything more important for us to do as a species. Navel-gazing will be the ruin of us. Politicians, conflicts, religions, and countries come and go, but we are living creatures with a history, and a future. There are so many exponential's happening right now regarding population, consumption, loss of biodiversity, development of AI, etc. If we don't create more options when the opportunity presents itself, we might not have another chance.