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   Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 07:51:42 JST Cory Doctorow

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 07:51:39 JST Cory Doctorow

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     • flaeky pancako

     @fleeky Literally we can't settle space - as a technical matter - until we develop technology that is substantially more advanced than what would be needed to permanently and definitively resolve the climate emergency.

     We are *so far* from being able to settle space. It's possible that we could send a few people to Mars or establish a small Moon base, both scientifically useless and horribly dangerous, at a cost that would exceed the cost of resolving the climate emergency.

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     flaeky pancako (fleeky@prsm.space)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 07:51:40 JST flaeky pancako

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     @pluralistic " we can't settle space until we figure out the solutions to Earth's problems"

     Why is everything framed in binary? We can do both at the same time and have been. Resources put towards going to space and landing on planets is nothing compared to how much is spent on exploiting and also dealing with the exploitation of earth.

     Stripping away the romance of space seems like a deep mistake. Exploration is one of the great human endeavors? Solving problems pushes us forward

     GreenSkyOverMe (Monika) repeated this.