dern_the_hermit t1_irpwj0b wrote on October 10, 2022 at 3:15 AM

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Almost anywhere can be made hospitable with the proper infrastructure and equipment, tho. Why leave the savanna and gradually migrate to the inhospitable Arctic? Heck, why even climb down from the trees and step out onto the savanna to begin with?

makoivis t1_irq7irl wrote on October 10, 2022 at 5:07 AM

I want you to ponder that question for a good long while and really meditate on it.

Why indeed? What advantage did it bring?

dern_the_hermit t1_irq81l1 wrote on October 10, 2022 at 5:13 AM

Flip side: Why not? What else are we going to do with the wild environment-shaping technological powers we possess?

Them's a couple more questions to add to your meditations.

makoivis t1_irq89fa wrote on October 10, 2022 at 5:15 AM

We could start with addressing climate change on earth, that seems like a good use of said wild powers.

But again, ponder why people migrate. Hint: food availability plays a huge part. How’s food availability in space?

dern_the_hermit t1_irq8fow wrote on October 10, 2022 at 5:18 AM

> We could start with addressing climate change on earth

The two aren't anywhere close to mutually exclusive. What a weird retort.

makoivis t1_irq8k88 wrote on October 10, 2022 at 5:19 AM

This discussion would make more sense if you’d engage with any of the points I’m making. This is pretty tiresome.

dern_the_hermit t1_irq8rhd wrote on October 10, 2022 at 5:21 AM

I literally just directly engaged with a point you made, but okay.

Codydw12 t1_iru6nvs wrote on October 11, 2022 at 1:46 AM

At the moment it's nonexistent. Key part there is at the moment. Should technologies such as verticle farming and hydroponics take off in the coming years/decades we could very see cities dedicate skyscrapers to growing crops as well as said technology being used to attempt space grown crops.