My point: (Off-Topic)

by cheapLEY , Wednesday, February 07, 2018, 16:21 (2263 days ago) @ Cody Miller

Honestly that’s exactly my fear. Sure, that’s beyond our life time, but it’s worth worrying about.

This is all so beyond the scope of putting a Tesla in a rocket ship, I realize. I am just cynical enough to think that with our current climate and corporate culture and political leadership passing legislation that explicitly values corporate profits over any sort of actual human compassion and benefit, I feel like we’re exactly at the inflection point that could lead us to the dark future of Alien instead of the hopeful one of Star Trek. And I do not think it’s hyperbolic to say so.

People can enjoy the fun of putting a convertible in space, and I really am okay with anyone doing so, but I think it’s a mistake to not have the conversation we have been having about it (and obviously not us specifically, but us, society at large)—every time we don’t have that conversation and just take it at face value, it’s one tiny little step towards that dark future rather than the hopeful one.