Re:The mid in fake midcentury modern
by UncleOxidant on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @03:59PM
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> I'm hopeful that ... our desire to become a space faring civilization will reinvigorate the passion of our species.
But don't we need that passion (and hope) before we can become a space faring civilization?
We kind of had that space-faring passion back in the 60s when the US/NASA did the Apollo program - at that point the general feeling was that the government was capable of doing good things. That general feeling has been gone for a while now and has been replaced with a general distrust of institutions like government. To some extent it seems like you need some level of hope before you can trust.
But don't we need that passion (and hope) before we can become a space faring civilization? We kind of had that space-faring passion back in the 60s when the US/NASA did the Apollo program - at that point the general feeling was that the government was capable of doing good things. That general feeling has been gone for a while now and has been replaced with a general distrust of institutions like government. To some extent it seems like you need some level of hope before you can trust.