I hope I'm not alone in thinking this sounds like an out-of-touch dystopian nightmare.

I wonder about this kind of thing. What is he trying to do here? Scare people? Get them excited about some new tech revolution?

Blue Origin hasn't even launched people to the ISS. We can't even replicate an achievement from 1969 with our current technology. Why on earth is he talking about a ridiculous sci-fi concept that humanity is not even close to achieving?

The Expanse, with its asteroid-dwelling underclass, is not a dystopian fairytale, it’s Jeff’s plan for us.

Talk about getting high off of your own supply.

> which arguably brought his speech out of the realm of futurology and towards optimistic science fiction.

This is all about as unreal as it gets.

Star Trek: Beyond did not come out in 2006