Dreams of space travel: I used to dream of space flight and colonies as a teenager & young adult. But this was not about outer space. It was my own desire to roam and be free & the illusion that there is “solution” to life in the distant future.
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Living on a spaceship would be like living in a car, which—I can tell you—is unpleasant. This is why our fantasies of escape have turned inwards, towards the Internet. Ballard & Burroughs understood. The problem with space isn’t the aliens...it’s that there’s nothing out there.
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