[WJW]

> You'd have to send out the probe, hoping that your grandchildren wait around for the response.

Why would our grandchildren be less interested in interstellar exploration than we are? We need ways to organize (parts of) society for the long term, that seems way easier than inventing magical "accelerate at 1g for a decade" tech.

[PaulDavisThe1st]

maybe a reason similar to whatever explains the drop in oceanic exploration among the peoples of south-east asia and polynesia several thousand years ago?