[brador]

> we must strive to be more than we are

To what end? Is a computer with our collective brains as AI orbiting a sun more or less than what we are? what should we be striving for as an ultimate utopian end to progress? Does/can such an end even conceptually exist?

[Tepix]

I think the answer can be venturing out into space. It's a logical next step for mankind.

[brador]

Why? Truth is we're hoping to find a miracle out there when it appears that it's all just rocks and nuclear fireballs. What do we do after space?

[DiThi]

Survive a cosmic event.