[tonyvince7]

"The universe is probably littered with the one-planet graves of cultures which made the sensible economic decision that there's no good reason to go into space--each discovered, studied, and remembered by the ones who made the irrational decision." - Randal Monroe of xkcd

[ethbr0]

It's a great quip. Single planetary culture is a local optima.

Even mild resource extraction from space or a second planet massively boosts a civilization's resource base.

Not sure why Bezos and Branson are getting flack, when people just as rich as them are spending it in worse ways.

And, if it comes down to it, I'd rather see the super wealthy spend their money on technological advancement, than be another drop in the bucket on things government should be doing (social support, healthcare, etc).

[WJW]

> Not sure why Bezos and Branson are getting flack, when people just as rich as them are spending it in worse ways.

Most rich people don't get (or seek) quite as much media attention as these two.

[ethbr0]

How is that impacting the world negatively?

[mempko]

But you do realize, most technological advancement is done by the government right? Government investment in tech surpasses VC funding by a lot.