http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-40345048 - Steve wants us to leave for the sake of Humantiy; A trip to the Moon will invigorate that mindset.
I agree. In your opinion what elements are holding us back from this? And which elements are actually currently in our favor?
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- I think the biggest thing that holds us back is passion. When I talk to everday people in everyday circumstances the issue of leaving the planet, astronomy in general, over-population...they never come up. What comes up is Netflix, Political Theatre, Gossip, and casual beat-around-the-bush. People are complacent, perhaps a natural side effect of life, nevertheless it is the current state of society imo. No passion for out of the ordinary things. A negative.
- For the good? Technology is clearly moving in an already tangible direction of how we could very feasibly carry out ordinary life even if we were to move into a completely different physical environment. So much societal interaction and "glue" is already existing indiscriminate of the physical environment; digital dating, digital communication, digital jobs, entertainment, VR, etc. I don't think the day-to-day of living on the Moon/Mars will take as much ofan adjustment as we think it would.