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Loquebantur | 2 years ago

Where do you propose your "limitless" supply of toys to fit within the finite confines of earth?

Even if you could "spread out to the stars", earth stays a closed system. It can take only a finite amount of pollution, which we actually already overstepped.

You propose escapism. That's not a solution.

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wait_a_minute|2 years ago

Earth is indeed finite, but if presently accessible resources give humanity tens of thousands of years of runway, that is for all intents and purposes limitless - because in that time the science and tech that get developed will resemble magic. Consider how peak oil turned out to not be a problem after all. Now humanity is on the verge of a renaissance in nuclear reactors, a revolution in fusion reactors, and the success of renewables deployment at scale.

I propose making everything better around us.