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Shady Sands
United States4021 Posts
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hp.Shell
United States2527 Posts
On August 18 2012 10:43 Shady Sands wrote: You know what's the bigger question? If humanity spreads amongst many stars, how can we remain united when a back-and-forth exchange of data will take years, if not decades? Or is humanity doomed to fragment into planet-sized entities as soon as the first colony ships leave the Solar System? The third eye takes care of this. Edit: for your listening pleasure, sir of the original post creation: | ||
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NicolBolas
United States1388 Posts
On August 18 2012 10:43 Shady Sands wrote: You know what's the bigger question? If humanity spreads amongst many stars, how can we remain united when a back-and-forth exchange of data will take years, if not decades? Or is humanity doomed to fragment into planet-sized entities as soon as the first colony ships leave the Solar System? Well, consider what that would mean. Would you really care about what someone who is literally decades away from ever doing anything to you thinks about you? Would they care about what you think about them? There wouldn't need to be a war of independence, because they would be independent by default. You can't effectively govern when communicating with the governed takes that long. You have to rely on local control and autonomy. While humanity would be fragmented, I don't really see how this is "doom" so much as just fairly isolated. We'd still be able to share technological advances and such, but any more meaningful, human contact would be fairly negligable. The point is to ensure the continued survival of the species. | ||
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