“if we can figure out how to live on mars then we can figure out how to live on earth and keep it beautiful”

which reaction do you have:
a) hell yes let’s go to mars and we can solve our problems here
b) forget mars let’s just solve our problems here

Building @warpcast and @farcaster / dad / like to read, cook, ski, code

B

“If we can figure out how to inhabit another body then we can figure out how to live in our own bodies”

Wack logic

how much of the global progress a la pinker we’ve made has come from explicitly setting out to achieve those goals vs downstream of capitalism

no intended to be an accurate metaphor just a question that non teleological action might be more effective isn’t on its face bad logic to me