Comment thinking into the future (Score 1) 67
Hi Rob, hi all,
we *need* visionaries that dream up these plans, and we need new frontiers. It's in our collective genes to want to keep going on (I hope!). Even if this project turns out impractical to put into action, there will be other possibilities, and I'm absolutely certain that man will some day leave the cradle of his home planet. With technological progress still showing an ever accelerating growth rate, I don't even think it will be as long and as costly as in this example. As for the sociological problems mentioned in some replies, well, call me naive, but isn't this also a chance that a model society could find ways around extinction by self-destruct if they are forced to find them (or perish)?
we *need* visionaries that dream up these plans, and we need new frontiers. It's in our collective genes to want to keep going on (I hope!). Even if this project turns out impractical to put into action, there will be other possibilities, and I'm absolutely certain that man will some day leave the cradle of his home planet. With technological progress still showing an ever accelerating growth rate, I don't even think it will be as long and as costly as in this example. As for the sociological problems mentioned in some replies, well, call me naive, but isn't this also a chance that a model society could find ways around extinction by self-destruct if they are forced to find them (or perish)?
