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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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A smart species doesn't bet on one planet staying around. If we want to persist, we need to expand on the long term. Right now a single large meteor strike or a number of other catastrophic events could wipe us out because we're only on earth. Expanding to other planets in the solar system, and at some point hopefully beyond, is necessary to keep our species afloat.
Yes that costs resources, but as far as I'm aware not nearly enough to significantly impact climate change on its own. Also, as a much as I hate Musk, SpaceX has achieved some wonderful things. They have bright people there, and the money invested has achieved real progress in space travel. Reusing parts of their rockets and overall just improving the tech. I'd rather see someone having a space race, even if it's billionaires, as long as it improves the knowledge and technology for our species.
I see your sentiment, and don't entirely disagree, but if it's at the whim of billionaires, I'd bet there's no chance it's because they want to see humanity flourish beyond this planet. And spacex wouldn't be where it is today without tons of taxpayer subsidies.
It does for at least a few million years...
The urgency is 100% manufactured.