Great post. I am reminded by some early Internet noodling by the end of the world folks who used to opine on "society falls apart, but I have my electronic library, and I will lead a small group of hardy like-minded geeks and rebuild a tech based society" sort of crap.
Alas, they all assume that preserving knowledge (not on paper or some other long life media, but originally on CD-ROM's, then on other media).
They would do this long circle jerk about establishing semiconductor manufacturing, and other things they felt were essential to save society.
They never realized that to be able to do any of these higher order functional things that they felt would be their domain (as geeks) would require a massive civilizational foundation, not just some know how.
No, I was slammed when I told them that they and their 500 or 1000 hand picked techno-anarchists would be lucky to scarf down grubs and to fend off packs of wild dogs.
Musk clearly doesn't understand how much of what he has accomplished (and that is far less than he thinks he has accomplished by his own toil) would be impossible without society, billions of people, and stable governments and yes, laws, laws that he feels he can ignore.
The arrogance of the billionaire class is boundless
Something similar happened up in New England somewhere, a bunch of right wing lunatics bought some land, declared it sovereign territory, blah, blah, blah.
Anyway, they never hired anyone to come take off their trash, and it attracted bears, LOTS of bears, and they ended moving away.
Scientifically, if Musk isn't an idiot, he doing a great job of playing one. You can still be in grade school and know that, because it has no magnetosphere like Earth, Mars is under constant bombardment by solar and cosmic radiation many times more intense than any astronaut has ever experienced. And. if that and the minus 100-degree nighttime temperatures, months-long dust storms, low gravity leading to loss of muscle, bone, and immune system function, and unbreathable atmosphere aren't hostile enough, the soil is toxic to humans and plants. And if even you could create protected and sustainable environments there, how would you transport the technology and machinery to do so? Think of the time, money, and planning it took to get just one small vehicle there.
I just watched a great You Tube video the other day about how long you would survive on each planet in our solar system even with a modern space suit on. Not long, it turns out! If
Great post. I am reminded by some early Internet noodling by the end of the world folks who used to opine on "society falls apart, but I have my electronic library, and I will lead a small group of hardy like-minded geeks and rebuild a tech based society" sort of crap.
Alas, they all assume that preserving knowledge (not on paper or some other long life media, but originally on CD-ROM's, then on other media).
They would do this long circle jerk about establishing semiconductor manufacturing, and other things they felt were essential to save society.
They never realized that to be able to do any of these higher order functional things that they felt would be their domain (as geeks) would require a massive civilizational foundation, not just some know how.
No, I was slammed when I told them that they and their 500 or 1000 hand picked techno-anarchists would be lucky to scarf down grubs and to fend off packs of wild dogs.
Musk clearly doesn't understand how much of what he has accomplished (and that is far less than he thinks he has accomplished by his own toil) would be impossible without society, billions of people, and stable governments and yes, laws, laws that he feels he can ignore.
The arrogance of the billionaire class is boundless
Something similar happened up in New England somewhere, a bunch of right wing lunatics bought some land, declared it sovereign territory, blah, blah, blah.
Anyway, they never hired anyone to come take off their trash, and it attracted bears, LOTS of bears, and they ended moving away.
https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/a-libertarian-walks-into-a-bear-the-utopian-plot-to-liberate-an-american-town-and-some-bears_matthew-hongoltz-hetling/25841331/item/45727529/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=us_shopping_zombies_hvs_21811042479&utm_adgroup=&utm_term=&utm_content=717524850233&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADwY45gAo-cisMKXr-7RM9hY7QhFe#idiq=45727529&edition=58958428
That's it, though I never knew someone wrote a book. Thanks for posting that!
Scientifically, if Musk isn't an idiot, he doing a great job of playing one. You can still be in grade school and know that, because it has no magnetosphere like Earth, Mars is under constant bombardment by solar and cosmic radiation many times more intense than any astronaut has ever experienced. And. if that and the minus 100-degree nighttime temperatures, months-long dust storms, low gravity leading to loss of muscle, bone, and immune system function, and unbreathable atmosphere aren't hostile enough, the soil is toxic to humans and plants. And if even you could create protected and sustainable environments there, how would you transport the technology and machinery to do so? Think of the time, money, and planning it took to get just one small vehicle there.
I just watched a great You Tube video the other day about how long you would survive on each planet in our solar system even with a modern space suit on. Not long, it turns out! If
If Musk is on his way out, maybe it’s time to focus on Peter “I bought a. Vice President” Thiel. He hates, hates, hates democracy.
Let's all dare him to be the first passenger to ride his Starship.
I'd contribute to that
He sure has disappeared from the presence of Trump, hasn't he?