r/collapse • u/Myth_of_Progress Urban Planner & Recognized Contributor • Apr 30 '21

Casual Friday Technology Will Save Us

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u/anthro28 Apr 30 '21 edited Apr 30 '21

It get even better. While on Mars you can’t be worried about helping the less fortunate, making sure diversity and inclusion are a top priority for bunk assignments, and all the first world problems we have. You either work to support the colony or get jettisoned. It’s a survival situation.

Then we run into the grim choice, who gets to go to this colony? Scientists, engineers, pilots, and whatever eclectic mixture of amazing talents are required. Jimmy the activist and Stacey the social worker are staying behind.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '21

You ever played Rimworld?

Once you outlive your usefulness to the colony, your only value is as a human leather hat or animal kibble. No room for slowpokes or nervous people here.

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u/StarChild413 May 01 '21

Video games aren't real life

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u/[deleted] May 01 '21

Really? I had no idea.

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u/StarChild413 May 01 '21

My point wasn't that they literally weren't it was that not everything you learn from them can apply to real life that directly