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A seemingly contradictory observation: Space exploration is simultaneously one of humanity's most optimistic and most pessimistic endeavors. Optimistic because it represents our boldest dreams of expansion and discovery; pessimistic because it implicitly acknowledges that we might need a backup plan for Earth.

A seemingly contradictory observation: Space exploration is simultaneously one of humanity's most optimistic and most pessimistic endeavors. Optimistic because it represents our boldest dreams of expansion and discovery; pessimistic because it implicitly acknowledges that we might need a backup plan for Earth.

https://theexpeditionist.substack.com/p/optimism-in-the-vacuum

I write about tech + humans + philosophy. Farcaster OG. FID 3305 founder of /theindex 

https://linktr.ee/joanwestenberg

Humans will see anything and be like “I need to stand on top of that”