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Re:Why Land and Homes Actually Tend to Be Disappointing Inve... by coldtea on Sunday July 17, 2016 @07:30PM (#12112427)
Do you base your economic decisions on what will happen in 3-4 billion years?
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Re:Why Land and Homes Actually Tend to Be Disappointing Inve... by HappyFunGuy on Sunday July 17, 2016 @08:46PM (#12112652)
I choose the rights of other humans to live over your aesthetic preference.
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Re:Why Land and Homes Actually Tend to Be Disappointing Inve... by coldtea on Monday July 18, 2016 @06:38AM (#12114238)
Very noble, but ever thought that thinking in terms of billion years is not really productive, and in fact can be counter-productive and destructive?

What with "thousand year" projects turning dictatorial and even "hundred year plans" looking obsolete and becoming laughing stock a few decades after they were devised.

I don't see how one can purport to be the judge on how future generations should live for them, and what the end goal should be millions of years ahead.

Besides, the Sun's death is a really minor issue. It's avoiding the heat death of the universe that will take really good planning...

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