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   Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 13:09:29 JST Rich Felker

   • James Gleick

   @gleick I'm not convinced shutting the door isn't a good thing. It completely cuts off both the TESCREAList narrative about "good of the future trillions of human minds across the galaxy at the expense of every real person here now except the billionaires" and the prospects of space capitalism. We don't need space; it's awesome to explore but not essential to survival or happiness.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 13:10:13 JST Rich Felker

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     • James Gleick

     @gleick Just tanking SpaceX stock to $0 seems worth it.

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     aburka 🫣 (aburka@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 13:27:24 JST aburka 🫣

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     • James Gleick

     @dalias @gleick we really do need GPS and satellite communications relays for modern society to function without serious redesign (which we could do, yes, but it would be quite traumatic)

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 13:37:35 JST Rich Felker

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     • James Gleick

     @aburka @gleick It'd be a strain for them to break but we'd be fine. Eliminating satellite TV etc would be excellent. Satellite internet except starlink is too lagged to be useful anyway.