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Re: Blue Origin first human flight

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Post by sodafountan » Thu, Jul 22, 2021, 2:33 PM UTC

ceejayoz wrote: post #442

peatmoss wrote: post #431

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It is indeed a phenomenon that others have experienced. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overview_effect

Most of the folks who've been up so far are military and science oriented folks; there's a bit of an existing tendency to think in that direction. I'm not sure the personality required to become a billionaire is necessarily going to result in the same feelings looking at Earth from orbit. "It's small, I want to own the others" might be the Bezos response.

On the contrary, it could also be a universal human emotion in the same way that people are awe-struck when they visit the Grand Canyon or Redwood Forest.

It could end up being a very therapeutic endeavor for the average person if space-tourism becomes more accessible, putting people's problems in perspective.

Re: Blue Origin first human flight

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Post by thethethethe » Thu, Jul 22, 2021, 3:43 PM UTC

BurningFrog wrote: post #500

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s/billionaires/millionaires isn't a very compelling argument in my opinion. It's still a huge waste all so some rich people can float in zero-g for a few minutes so making it accessable to a few million people instead of a few thousand doesn't seem like a win to me.

Is there anything billionaires can spend money on that doesn't seem like waste from your perspective?

Easy, paying their workers more

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Post by jimbilly22 » Thu, Jul 22, 2021, 4:25 PM UTC

rurp wrote: post #427

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this argument is used to justify literally every climate hypocrisy, from pro skiers to billionaires on down "i do X high-carbon thing to bring awareness to the plebs"

So your argument is that anyone concerned about the planet should kill themselves, as that will do the most to directly minimize their climate impact? It seems obvious to me that climate activists can use leverage, like anyone else. In other words it's perfectly reasonable to produce a small amount of carbon in pursuit of making the sweeping changes necessary. Climate change isn't going to be solved by parts of the p…

the argument is simply that going to the farmer's market for local produce, then going on a ski trip to Chile doesn't equal out, doesn't make you a climate warrior, and doesn't make you better than anyone else -- even if you repost Greta Thurnberg on Twitter.

That's just a mathematical fact.

The reality of solving climate change is a separate topic. 70% of emissions come from large corporations -- that's where the impact is and always was going to be made.

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Post by cptskippy » Tue, Jul 27, 2021, 4:29 PM UTC

dimitrios1 wrote: post #497

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You started out by claiming "they don't compete with Walmart" because "Walmart almost doubled Amazon's revenue last year". But since that's not true you've moved the goal post and now you're claiming "Walmart eating Amazon's lunch this decade" is the most likely scenario because Amazon has a counterfeit product problem and Walmart has political connections. I don't think you understand just how insignificant the coun…

> But since that's not true you've moved the goal post I said "about" 2x. Ok, about doing some heavy lifting, so it's closer to about 1.5 for 2020, during a pandemic . What's a typical year? Ah but you are so focused on technically correct, you missed the forest for the trees. My point still remains. The gulf between what Amazon sells and Walmart sells is so wide, it's hardly seen as "competing". Amazon themselves ha…

> I am observing the reality of what is, and what is likely to happen.

Your supporting arguments include counterfeiting and soon to be dead politicians as reasons why Amazon will fail but are reality based observations about what's likely to happen?

Also if you don't think Amazon/Bezos has any political sway then you're not paying attention to what's been happening with Pentagon or NASA contracts.