I don't say this often enough: I have faith in humanity
We are scrappy little bastards, and putting us down is harder than getting ink back out of water. We are caged by history and language, and liberated by dreams and art. We are not good or nice, but we are flexible. We adapt
We are scrappy little bastards, and putting us down is harder than getting ink back out of water. We are caged by history and language, and liberated by dreams and art. We are not good or nice, but we are flexible. We adapt
We are entering a new period of existential challenge. The old political orders, around the world, are starting to fail. We will make new structures, or no structures. Change is inevitable.
But we are so very, very hard to kill or stop. Us against entropy?I'm betting on us
But we are so very, very hard to kill or stop. Us against entropy?I'm betting on us
I believe our destiny is to take biological life to the stars. I think once we are out there our descendents could still be around in five billion years.
It's like lighting a fire, but the fuel is the vast planet-studded vastness of the universe.
We need to cooperate to do this
It's like lighting a fire, but the fuel is the vast planet-studded vastness of the universe.
We need to cooperate to do this
When fish walked on land, it was largely one individual fish at a time.
Making starships requires the collective effort of millions. Much as we all love @elonmusk, he's the focal point for the will of an entire planet to reach into space and expand the biosphere by lightyears.
Making starships requires the collective effort of millions. Much as we all love @elonmusk, he's the focal point for the will of an entire planet to reach into space and expand the biosphere by lightyears.
You need a pretty realistic sense of the long arc of biology to see Space clearly.
Life started in the seas. It climbed on to the land, learned to breathe air. It learned to fly, ten thousand mile migrations for tiny little birds!
We can make spaceships. WE CAN MAKE SPACESHIPS!
Life started in the seas. It climbed on to the land, learned to breathe air. It learned to fly, ten thousand mile migrations for tiny little birds!
We can make spaceships. WE CAN MAKE SPACESHIPS!
I don't need to explain this to you. If any other species on this planet could make SPACESHIPS? No hesitation.
Make ships. Go find huge new lands to explore. Life expands and adapts. Life - you know it - finds a way
Life *is* the way. This is life doing what life does. Reaching
Make ships. Go find huge new lands to explore. Life expands and adapts. Life - you know it - finds a way
Life *is* the way. This is life doing what life does. Reaching
The same wild green force that makes trees reach for the sun makes people like Musk or Buzz Aldrin quest for the infinite black sky.
Life hit a limit on this planet. It's kind of full. Life wants new planets to spread across, the stars themselves as our new homes.
This is life.
Life hit a limit on this planet. It's kind of full. Life wants new planets to spread across, the stars themselves as our new homes.
This is life.
Lift, leap, never return. if we can figure out how to get self sustaining life around just one other sun, we can spread across the universe given time.
Evolution will not stop. Who will become?
We are like the first fish to walk on land. We owe the future of life our efforts.
Evolution will not stop. Who will become?
We are like the first fish to walk on land. We owe the future of life our efforts.
