Every argument I’ve seen against the cool science fiction future boils down to “we couldn’t do it this financial quarter, so it’ll never be possible at all”.
It’s not that. It’s that organized civilization won’t last long enough to get that advanced. How long do you think it’ll take to get that far scientifically? 3-4 centuries? We’re lucky if we get 2-3 decades left out of civilization between running out of resources, climate change, pfas, microplastics, fascism/war, and unbridled capitalism. That’s just shit that’s happening right now, not even including unexpected shit like super volcano eruptions or major meteor strike or something. We simply don’t have enough time to get that advanced.
Lol even in theory it’s dubious, in reality it’s absurd. Well never make it to that point.
Every argument I’ve seen against the cool science fiction future boils down to “we couldn’t do it this financial quarter, so it’ll never be possible at all”.
It’s not that. It’s that organized civilization won’t last long enough to get that advanced. How long do you think it’ll take to get that far scientifically? 3-4 centuries? We’re lucky if we get 2-3 decades left out of civilization between running out of resources, climate change, pfas, microplastics, fascism/war, and unbridled capitalism. That’s just shit that’s happening right now, not even including unexpected shit like super volcano eruptions or major meteor strike or something. We simply don’t have enough time to get that advanced.
Very pessimistic viewpoint. We have issues to solve for sure but I very much doubt humanity will implode in less than 50 years.
We’re entering a new dark age
Guess we’ll see.
Humanity won’t, but civilization will.
RemindMe! 50 years