Like, we’re destroying the one place we know is a sure bet on where we can prosper if we keep it healthy, but instead the world’s richest man is trying to expand to other planets while this one’s ability to sustain life is in jeopardy. IMO that makes us potentially a very stupid species compared to a species that doesn’t really care about meeting other aliens because they value the life on their own planet far more than we do.
“We need to spread to the stars to ensure the survival of our species.”
Why? Why does our species need to survive? Why would anyone care about that? I don’t think anyone really does. People just want to do cool stuff, as entertainment. To alleviate boredom. That’s it.
No one reading this will “go to the stars”. It’s unlikely more than a handful will visit Mars in your lifetime. Why anyone would want to go to Mars is beyond me, it’s extremely inhospitable to humans. There’s nothing there.
We thought, after going to the moon we’d continue on in that vain, and have space hotels by 2001. It didn’t happen, don’t think anything will be different this time.
Stop thinking we can trash this planet, “but it’s okay because we’ll find a different one.” That’s not going to happen. It’s far, far more likely we’re going to kill ourselves off long before we can get anywhere close to doing that. That’s the reality.