Or every species consumes its planets resources on phones and cars, imploding the environment before the necessary engineering feats to get them to the stars come along.
My money is on it being too infeasible engineering wise due to resource exhaustion just building the infrastructure to get there. The carbon feedback loop creating disposable junk is destabilizing stable human climate.
I lean towards the idea we’ll have to move away from industrialism at the scale we apply it today.
Perhaps synthetic drugs can grow neuron structure that mimics the experience. Or helps acquire muscle memory from skills based work.
Trip balls on the couch for 20 minutes and live life believing I just got from Mars Base 1 and have Zappa opening for me wouldn’t be so bad.
My money is on it being too infeasible engineering wise due to resource exhaustion just building the infrastructure to get there. The carbon feedback loop creating disposable junk is destabilizing stable human climate.
I lean towards the idea we’ll have to move away from industrialism at the scale we apply it today.
Perhaps synthetic drugs can grow neuron structure that mimics the experience. Or helps acquire muscle memory from skills based work.
Trip balls on the couch for 20 minutes and live life believing I just got from Mars Base 1 and have Zappa opening for me wouldn’t be so bad.