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carpo | 5 months ago

Would you really? when it's the only thing you've ever known you'd probably just accept it as normal.

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imoverclocked|5 months ago

... which begs the question of who would really arrive at the destination. Our own civilization starts to rebel at things that were heralded by the previous generation because the current generation doesn't remember the problems that were solved. In two generations, the humans that remain might not leave the ship at all despite having a whole planet (or multiple) to inhabit.

bluGill|5 months ago

Their kids will leave the spaceship though. And some dare devils of their generation.

carpo|5 months ago

I think you'd have to manufacture a culture, with rituals and habits designed to keep people focused so that the meaning of their lives was tied to the end-goal. It would make a good story :)