Hope so. But my worry is that Earth will be easily "othered" when they're settled, as will itself "other" the colonies. Standard scifi farehttps://twitter.com/rikwes66/status/871550366189596672 …
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Replying to @asteris
don't think that would be the case , look how profound impact is for astronauts now when they see Earth while serving on ISS
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Replying to @rikwes66
The reason why the ISS views work to elevate us is that they provide a wider view of the familiar, and it's always beautiful from orbit.
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Replying to @asteris
don't know, think it's more than that (it remains your origin )
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Replying to @rikwes66
Ah, then you probably need to read the book I'm talking about ;)
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Human species is only known life form spending inordinate amount of time and resources designing new ways to exterminate itself ...
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Replying to @rikwes66
"Only known" is right. Scifi explores interesting speculative examples (esp. the cautionary tales about elder civs self-destructing)
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Alastair Reynolds' Revelation Space is a good place to start on those tangents, for instance
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well , in old days you had books by von Däniken which touched that ...:)
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Nah, VD was entertaining for a while but never scifi. Too overhyped. Reynolds is an astronomer, he knows his stuff. Heartily recommended
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