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by Loquebantur 920 days ago
Where do you propose your "limitless" supply of toys to fit within the finite confines of earth?

Even if you could "spread out to the stars", earth stays a closed system. It can take only a finite amount of pollution, which we actually already overstepped.

You propose escapism. That's not a solution.

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Earth is indeed finite, but if presently accessible resources give humanity tens of thousands of years of runway, that is for all intents and purposes limitless - because in that time the science and tech that get developed will resemble magic. Consider how peak oil turned out to not be a problem after all. Now humanity is on the verge of a renaissance in nuclear reactors, a revolution in fusion reactors, and the success of renewables deployment at scale.

I propose making everything better around us.