Let’s discuss some ideas that really make a difference.
Over at The World Transformed site, Brian Wang explains why accelerating technological development should be happening faster. Lives are at stake. A lot of lives:
Currently we have 55 million people dying every year and we are still stuck on earth. If we did things right in 20-30 years we could be flying the solar system as easily as we fly around the world today and have lifespans and health that are radically better. The transformed world would be better and more of us around now would live to see it if it happens sooner. If it happens in 2081 instead of 2031 then 3-5 billion more would have died before it happened.
Virtually everyone reading this is one of those four billion who won’t be here in 2081. Isn’t Brian’s alternative worth pursuing?