UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 22 days ago20 years later, same promises as 20 years ago, now with "vastly increase the probable lifespan of consciousness, as we will no longer have all our eggs, literally and metabolically... on one planet"i.redd.itimagemessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up1115arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1115arrow-down1image20 years later, same promises as 20 years ago, now with "vastly increase the probable lifespan of consciousness, as we will no longer have all our eggs, literally and metabolically... on one planet"i.redd.itUlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 22 days agomessage-square78fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareiridaniotter [she/her, it/its]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-222 days agoI prefer to dream big. Eternal night sky pollution with 20 TW geosynchronous powersats please. Death to Earth based astronomy, or something.
minus-squareUlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·22 days agoSounds a lot like what had in mind after going up into space and coming up with… stuff, instead of the usual humility and newfound sense of care for the planet.
minus-squareiridaniotter [she/her, it/its]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·22 days agoWell powersats would actually be very good for the planet.
minus-squareUlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·22 days agoA whole lot of technological things would be cool and good if they weren’t entrusted to the worst possible people for the worst possible reasons.
I prefer to dream big. Eternal night sky pollution with 20 TW geosynchronous powersats please. Death to Earth based astronomy, or something.
Sounds a lot like what had in mind after going up into space and coming up with… stuff, instead of the usual humility and newfound sense of care for the planet.
Well powersats would actually be very good for the planet.
A whole lot of technological things would be cool and good if they weren’t entrusted to the worst possible people for the worst possible reasons.