[Podgajski]

If people had more humanity, they would be focusing on getting universal healthcare housing, and a non-punitive justice system before we focus things like putting a few humans on a rock in space.

Why is it that the most difficult things to do are the most caring things?

[DarmokJalad1701]

https://news.lettersofnote.com/p/why-explore-space

[Podgajski]

“Why everyone needs a vacuum”written by a vacuum cleaner salesman.

That letter was written over 50 years ago, and we still have homelessness. We still have poverty, people are still starving, we still have idiotic, ideological wars, and separation of wealth. So when’s the return on the investment going to actually happen?

[DarmokJalad1701]

> So when’s the return on the investment going to actually happen?

It already did many times over what it cost. And continues to deliver.

[fallingknife]

I lived in SF for 5 years. I'll go ahead and stick with the punitive justice system, thanks.