Re:Ask HN: Why would a city on Mars avoid Armageddon?
by rbanffy on Sunday November 28, 2021 @12:58PM
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> but they will not be one homogenous culture
No, as Humanity is not a homogeneous culture here on Earth. We'll diverge as we make colonies a couple light-hours and we'll diverge a lot more when our worlds are separated by light-years and people and goods take centuries to go from one world to another. Hopefully we can invent some form of FTL travel or, at least, communication so we are less disconnected.
OTOH, wars get really complicated when the fleet takes a century to arrive at its destination, carrying 100 year old weapons.
No, as Humanity is not a homogeneous culture here on Earth. We'll diverge as we make colonies a couple light-hours and we'll diverge a lot more when our worlds are separated by light-years and people and goods take centuries to go from one world to another. Hopefully we can invent some form of FTL travel or, at least, communication so we are less disconnected.
OTOH, wars get really complicated when the fleet takes a century to arrive at its destination, carrying 100 year old weapons.