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Humans will never go past Mars (ghostofcarnot.substack.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/futurology@futurology.today
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Space is really spread out, and we will forever lack the means to get around it fast. Space also happens to be highly inhospitable to human life. For these reasons, I submit that no human will ever go farther than Mars.

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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Could we make a global treaty that says wars are illegal? If you start a war, the rest of the world will boycott you for 100 years.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    because collective punishment has worked so well thus far?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Option B: Those who violate the treaty get chocolate pudding for dessert.

    Can you come up with a better solution? It’s not a high bar to clear.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    anyone capable of starting a war will be dead 100 years later, you are quite literally talking about punishing people who had nothing to do with it.

    solution: Abolish the nation state and anyone who isn't involved gets chocolate pudding for dessert.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Treaties and boycotts are uses of power. But power corrupts due to the survival of the selfish. Break the wheel!

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    That is true. Well, I’m out of options. As long as humans are greedy and arrogant, there’s no clean way to solve this problem. All of my ideas involve using power one way or another.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    What if there was a technology that publishes the face of any murderer? (including soldiers) and bans them from my social network

    Or a technology that allows a refugee to trade in everything they own and set up elsewhere without their livelihood being stolen?

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