Re:What in the Ethereum application ecosystem excites me
by sergiosgc on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @10:46AM
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A couple non contestable points:
1. It has been useful so far as a challenge for technological development that finds other uses on the ground, and this is certainly not about to change;
2. It has been useful so far, in direct applications, and there are still direct uses to be covered (dangerous asteroid avoidance, as an example);
3. It tackles the SPOF we have as a species: living on a single planet;
But the more important one, for me, is one that is contestable. Space faring provides humans with an aspirational goal. Without a long term goal, we are reduced to either an hedonist life, or a never-ending struggle against entropy. We are better, as individuals and as a society, when there is something to long for in the horizon.
1. It has been useful so far as a challenge for technological development that finds other uses on the ground, and this is certainly not about to change;
2. It has been useful so far, in direct applications, and there are still direct uses to be covered (dangerous asteroid avoidance, as an example);
3. It tackles the SPOF we have as a species: living on a single planet;
But the more important one, for me, is one that is contestable. Space faring provides humans with an aspirational goal. Without a long term goal, we are reduced to either an hedonist life, or a never-ending struggle against entropy. We are better, as individuals and as a society, when there is something to long for in the horizon.