Sure, Earth Could Get Hit by a Deadly Asteroid–But There’s an Upside

Re:Sure, Earth Could Get Hit by a Deadly Asteroid–But There’... by smallnamespace on Friday December 23, 2016 @09:15PM (#13248249)

I don't know, if we knew for certain the world was doomed, I would expect at least a substantial fraction of the world to spend their last years working towards the small hope of salvation rather than giving in to complete despair.

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Re:Sure, Earth Could Get Hit by a Deadly Asteroid–But There’... by ehsanu1 on Saturday December 24, 2016 @08:03PM (#13252328)

I agree, but I also think a significant fraction would not. I'd expect a lot of markets to crash and burn, as people quit for various reasons, with a lot of knock-on effects. I'm not sure how it would turn out, I just feel like the world would be turned upside down.

Now it could end up being like war-time economies which boom due to high demand for military goods, in this case for all the work needed to build a space colony. But in a war, at least people can hope to live on.

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