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by blar 247 days ago
Kim Stanley Robinson's thesis in Aurora was: no. Subsequent generations would _not_ be happy with their ancestors' choices.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(novel)
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marcosdumay 247 days ago
At some point, some of your ancestors made the choice to migrate and force your family to be born in a different place.

Do you resent them?

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Hendrikto 246 days ago
You are free to move anywhere on earth within a single generation. The situation is very different from a generation ship.
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pavel_lishin 247 days ago
No - but I can also, in turn, choose to migrate elsewhere. People born on a generation ship don't have that choice.
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