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Re:The sci-fi cities of Bezos’s Blue Origin derive from his ... by welly on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @05:10AM (#19907917)
"The planet has been through a lot worse than us. Been through all kinds of things worse than us. Been through earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics, continental drift, solar flares, sun spots, magnetic storms, the magnetic reversal of the poles...hundreds of thousands of years of bombardment by comets and asteroids and meteors, worlwide floods, tidal waves, worldwide fires, erosion, cosmic rays, recurring ice ages...And we think some plastic bags, and some aluminum cans are going to make a difference? The planet...the planet...the planet isn't going anywhere. WE ARE!"

- George Carlin

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Re:The sci-fi cities of Bezos’s Blue Origin derive from his ... by maxxxxx on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @08:41AM (#19908897)
Should we then stop worrying about child predators, terrorism, property theft and rape because in the big picture we will all be dead soon anyway?
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Re:The sci-fi cities of Bezos’s Blue Origin derive from his ... by welly on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @12:36PM (#19911051)
What a ridiculous suggestion. Of course we shouldn't, because those things affect us in the present.
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Re:The sci-fi cities of Bezos’s Blue Origin derive from his ... by maxxxxx on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @01:36PM (#19911676)
The destruction of the environment affects us at the present too
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Re:The sci-fi cities of Bezos’s Blue Origin derive from his ... by devoply on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @10:09AM (#19909587)
We probably still have a few thousand years left. We're not going extinct tomorrow.
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