A Personal Statement from Iain Banks

Re:A Personal Statement from Iain Banks by khafra on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @10:04AM (#5486090)

If I'd been around 12,000 years ago to invest a few bucks, and it grew at a 2% APY since then, I would currently have enough money to end poverty and global warming, while mining the asteroid belt to build an Orion-class starship in orbit.

Why are you in favor of poverty and global warming, and against asteroid mining and starships? There's so much more you can do while you're alive than you can do while you're dead; and attempting to extend your time alive does not preclude enjoying it.

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Re:A Personal Statement from Iain Banks by adventured on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @10:23AM (#5486199)

I applaud the fact that that's all you responded to, given the parent said it'd be stupid to cure polio and better to let poor people die to reduce overcrowding.

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