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Wanderers: a short film of humanity's expansion into the Solar System [video]

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Re: Wanderers: a short film of humanity's expansion into the Solar System [video]

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Post by a3n »

spiritplumber wrote: post #69
a3n wrote: post #23

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We went to the Moon, and yet we're still killing each other, or getting rich off of other people's poverty. Peace on Earth is not going to come from going somewhere else and proclaiming "Look at us!" It's not a side effect. Or, as the Quakers say, "There is no way to peace. Peace is the way."

It's possible for someone who was not yet alive when the last man left the Moon, to be a grandparent (in a healthy way, e.g. no teen pregnancies). We're two generations removed from having people on the Moon. That's a problem. What if we forget?

If we do forget, maybe that suggests that the Moon wasn't that important in the overall human condition.

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Post by twtwtaway »

devgutt wrote: post #63

Todo list: 1- Invent powerful machines for simulations and calculations(ok) 2- Stop with childish religious beliefs altogether (in progress - 5ys) 3- Review completely the social contract (in progress - 50ys) 4- Fix mortality (urgent - 100ys) 5- Explore the universe (2114)

too bad we are not going to be around when mortality will be fixed. out of luck, i guess.

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Post by ff10 »

devgutt wrote: post #63

Todo list: 1- Invent powerful machines for simulations and calculations(ok) 2- Stop with childish religious beliefs altogether (in progress - 5ys) 3- Review completely the social contract (in progress - 50ys) 4- Fix mortality (urgent - 100ys) 5- Explore the universe (2114)

There is no single social contract, but if there is, it very well has to be reviewed before we "fix" mortality. And who says that the further exploration of the universe (which is happening since a few thousand years anyway) is tempting to a critical mass with an unlimited lifespan where distractions are manifold and any simulation more convenient and less dangerous than the exploration of the universe in person.

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Post by eivarv »

ChrisGranger wrote: post #62
rasz_pl wrote: post #60

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You seem to not realize those are problems for us, human virus, and not the planet problems. Those so called problems are natures way of trying to balance things. If you cut hunger and make a breakthrough in healthcare you will immediately accelerate population growth, and in effect accelerate pollution and energy use. Earth is unsustainable in the long run. No one is willing to accept euthanasia, birth limits, basic…

Don't the nations with the best health care also tend to (perhaps not always) have slower population growth?

I think there is a host of factors to keep in mind about the nations in question.

These nations (good health care, slow population growth) [1] tend to be highly developed countries [2], with relatively high average education of its citizens [3] and high life expectancy [4]. Many of them also have high social equality and high cost of living because of higher taxation (e.g. the cost of social programs and universal healthcare) [5].

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population...

[2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Deve...

[3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_Index

[4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expec...

[5]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_inequality...

Re: Wanderers: a short film of humanity's expansion into the Solar System [video]

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Post by ijk »

prawn wrote: post #36
dmix wrote: post #10

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> It has higher quality than many hollywood fx products. Seriously. How are Hollywood CGI films so poorly made when this is possible?

Because they're trying to do a lot more.

Plus a film production is often trying to balance things like being able to make changes if the director requests a tweak. Much faster to do when the director is the VFX artist!
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