Sante Fe Institute Panel discussion on making humans interplanetary

[tater]

7:30 Mountain time... I would have attended, but it was sold out by the time I knew it was happening. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cDlOsbuxlQ

 

Edited July 18, 2017 by tater

[tater]

It's a live stream, btw.

[tater]

I missed much of the beginning, but the stated topics were:

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 What will it take to become an InterPlanetary civilization?

How should we address the most pressing problems of Earth to tackle a challenge at this scale?

What is holding humanity back, and what do we all need to achieve in terms of novel governance, new technologies, shared resources, and global cooperation to achieve this goal?

What I saw answered... none of those questions, and indeed didn't even attempt to address them. I find it hard to believe I missed them answering all 3 in the first hour-ish. So sorry for anyone that wasted their time on this. Glad I didn't drive up there.

[kerbiloid]

Probably all realistic answers could be either immoral, or illegal.

[Green Baron]

Well, it still stands that predictions are difficult, especially those regarding the future :-)

We're in a time where a lot of space hype meets a slow technological process. I doubt that during the lifetime of most people in this forum anybody will really live outside earth.

[tater]

Neal Stephenson looked miffed since it was clearly off the rails, and the core questions were good, and indeed a lot was talked about in seveneves.

[RuBisCO]

Thank you I now have something to listen to on my commute.

[tater]

3 minutes ago, RuBisCO said:

Thank you I now have something to listen to on my commute.

Don't, lol. It was painful. The artist guy talked more than Neal Stephenson.