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You get to take a small warp-speed starship to settle a great new uninhabited world. The ship has supplies, AIs and robots that can handle everything during journey and exploration, so no particular human skills are essential. You can take 5 people with you. Whom do you take?
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Noone! If i went as far as making a starship to get away from Earth, i wont tolerate a human face nearby by then. I guess it would be a kind of a sabbatical, that would last until i'll want to see someone again. Then i'll go back, ask the AI and hand over the ship to it's choices
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Somewhat serendipitously there five of us argonauts at . would prefer to seastead though to avoid black carbon emissions in the upper atmosphere And my wife is only down for space tourism, not settlement so would have to be a there / back adventure
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This is a surprisingly difficult thought exercise here is my 5: 1. My Wife 2. Richard Feynman 3. Malala 4. Dan Ariely 5. Esther Perel
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