Only socialism and communism try to ensure everyone survives. This isn’t really an attack on capitalism. This is also the reason we have nationalism, racism etc, no?
In any case, technology and efficiency mean we could support more people being alive and with better lives if we really did want to. Plus there’s the potential of mining and colonisation of space. We’ve barely scratched the surface. Vertical farms might be the future.
The pitfalls of our current systems preclude us getting to the point of utilizing space to any meaningful extent. Better to forgo the hypothetical Star Trek romanticized fiction and just fix what we have here; then maybe we can think about that stuff.
At this stage, the mere mention of any such possibility is a distraction from the gravity of the situations we face. It’s a mere tool to keep the apple cart going, while people are literally dying from our own collective hubris.
WDYM “might”, it’s already happening, just slowly. Not every modern city has lots of skyscrapers.
Plus there’s the potential of mining and colonisation of space.
Very limited. Though I like the idea of toroid stations with mirrors in L points, like Stanford torus, which is IIRC not considered cool now due to being expensive and complex to build.
Maybe not toroid, but asymmetric rotating pendulum-like thing, with another end being ballast. For gravity.
Anyway, you don’t realize how much less efficiency existing on Earth requires. It’s really easier to fix our shit here before going into space. Space is so cool that it’s worth the effort, but real colonization doesn’t make sense economically yet.
Only socialism and communism try to ensure everyone survives. This isn’t really an attack on capitalism. This is also the reason we have nationalism, racism etc, no?
In any case, technology and efficiency mean we could support more people being alive and with better lives if we really did want to. Plus there’s the potential of mining and colonisation of space. We’ve barely scratched the surface. Vertical farms might be the future.
But that wouldn’t generate as much profit, see! You gotta have Scarcity, otherwise ya cannot jack up the prices so high!
also: permaculture regenerative agriculture ecological stability dynamic equilibrium etc
also, news: India’s regenerative water permaculture development
The pitfalls of our current systems preclude us getting to the point of utilizing space to any meaningful extent. Better to forgo the hypothetical Star Trek romanticized fiction and just fix what we have here; then maybe we can think about that stuff.
At this stage, the mere mention of any such possibility is a distraction from the gravity of the situations we face. It’s a mere tool to keep the apple cart going, while people are literally dying from our own collective hubris.
As old Star Wars EU fan, I agree.
Jokes aside, yes, anything done in space is for now much less efficient.
WDYM “might”, it’s already happening, just slowly. Not every modern city has lots of skyscrapers.
Very limited. Though I like the idea of toroid stations with mirrors in L points, like Stanford torus, which is IIRC not considered cool now due to being expensive and complex to build.
Maybe not toroid, but asymmetric rotating pendulum-like thing, with another end being ballast. For gravity.
Anyway, you don’t realize how much less efficiency existing on Earth requires. It’s really easier to fix our shit here before going into space. Space is so cool that it’s worth the effort, but real colonization doesn’t make sense economically yet.
Except for the “enemies of the people” and the “bourgeoisie”, right?..