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Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources by ebiester on Monday April 25, 2022 @02:21PM (#31158723)
A bubbled city on mars will not be immune to climate refugees. It's about how many bubbles we would need, and how many people might not fit.

And it's easier to ignore people on another planet. Empathy does not survive distance, and on Earth even a wall is enough to remove empathy.

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Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources by munk-a on Monday April 25, 2022 @02:44PM (#31158990)
It's a bit depressing that Zardoz[1] might suddenly become a relevant piece of social commentary. If we get to the point where we need to choose who gets to be inside or outside of the bubble our ethical codes are going to collapse.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zardoz

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