12 points | by doener 9 hours ago ago
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> And more fundamentally, there’s no good argument for humans to leave Earth in the first place
Said all the joyless, unimaginative naysayers in 1969.
There are lots of good arguments for going back to sleep, and forgetting about doing anything interesting or adventurous.
Turns out that going into space is pretty cool; it would be sad to let robots have all the fun.
What I find insane is not that those crazy broligarchs have crazy ideas. Rather it's the number of other people who believe in them.
They hilariously think they have something to gain and that it's impossible to make matters worse.
What is crazier still is that so many people revere (tech) executives as if tech were a cult.
> And more fundamentally, there’s no good argument for humans to leave Earth in the first place
Said all the joyless, unimaginative naysayers in 1969.
There are lots of good arguments for going back to sleep, and forgetting about doing anything interesting or adventurous.
Turns out that going into space is pretty cool; it would be sad to let robots have all the fun.
What I find insane is not that those crazy broligarchs have crazy ideas. Rather it's the number of other people who believe in them.
They hilariously think they have something to gain and that it's impossible to make matters worse.
What is crazier still is that so many people revere (tech) executives as if tech were a cult.