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Complex systems, wicked problems. Society, technology, science and more. @UNC professor. @NYTimes columnist. My newsletter is @insight: http://www.theinsight.org 

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    1. John Robb‏Verified account @johnrobb 29 Mar 2019

      John Robb Retweeted zeynep tufekci

      It's not either / or. Regardless, it's a good example of the philosophical division between those who favor an inward focus (this is all there is, let's get really good at it) and those who look outward (this is just the start of an amazing journey).https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1111619117876957184 …

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      zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
      Colonizing Mars is back-of-envelope out of the question as in so obvious that it hurts but when you have billions to spend, people don't tell you that or maybe you don't have to listen, I guess? Meanwhile, planet Earth, which can actually sustain life kinda needs attention. 🤷‍♀️
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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 29 Mar 2019
      Replying to @johnrobb

      Those who believe laws of physics exist versus those who do not! I've no problem with fantasy or make-work for smart people, though. It's just interesting to note that billionaires, too, can be gullible marks.

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    3. John Robb‏Verified account @johnrobb 29 Mar 2019
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      Disagree. Going to space isn't against the laws of physics. Totally doable. And... we haven't spent much on it. NASA's $20 b (and everything spent in the private sector) is a flyspeck in a $4.4 trillion inwardly focused budget.

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    4. John Robb‏Verified account @johnrobb 29 Mar 2019
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      In fact, I'm starting to believe that if we want to bypass the growing political chasm on EVERY issue, we need an external goal to focus on. A space boom would fit the bill and I think I've found a trigger for it

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 29 Mar 2019
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      Colonizing Mars? lol. Climate change is an existential enough threat, so if that doesn't work as bypass, something that is never going to happen because of limits of physics will? Although climate change may work eventually, Miami isn't going to move itself.

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        1. John Robb‏Verified account @johnrobb 29 Mar 2019
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          I don't get the limits of physics reference. Where does that come from? From everything I've seen (from the perspective of an astronautical engineer), it's doable. BTW: space habitats are >> colonization

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        1. Michael Slattery‏ @slatteryz 29 Mar 2019
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          I had a prof at Berkeley with NASA funding to research using algae to convert CO2 to O2 in space. But he never did manage to make it viable. One little example of coming up against limits.

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        1. Alice‏ @Cererean 29 Mar 2019
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          Ah, yes. One cannot break through the heavenly spheres to reach the other worlds.

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