Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species – Livestream by Elon Musk

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8 points·nedsma··8 comments

Live thread on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/live/xnrdv28vxfi2 (will have some juicy details and is one of the best sources)

I don't believe that there is some place outside Earth that would make me happier than living on Earth. What is it that I could possibly be looking for that I could not find here on Earth?

Privacy

Seems like a long, dangerous way to go for total privacy.

I'd think that moving to a remote cabin the Yukon would achieve almost the same level of privacy, without having to worry about oxygen or excessive radiation exposure!

It gets cold in the Yukon - hard to breath there too. And radiation exposure? We're already slathering on sunscreen over most of planet Earth.

Lots of challenges everywhere. Got to pick your poison.

> We're already slathering on sunscreen over most of planet Earth.

What? No, "we're" not.

My city's average temperature is the same as in a refrigerator. It must have been pretty unpleasant somewhere else for people to come here, but they did.

And what about the Inuits or Tibetans...

Nothing lasts forever. Our planet will eventually be destroyed, and if we want our species to continue to live on indefinitely, we need to begin pursuing the seemingly impossible task of relocating within the universe.

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