MartianDwarf

He doesn't think from first principles and is arrogant enough to say never, i want my 5 minutes back. Water in the form of ice is the most important resource on asteroids just use some mirrors and drone swarms. You can also try to encapsulate an asteroid and build on top of it with self replicating systems. Now you can dismiss this as scifi but at the rate of advancements in ML and control. 200-300 years of exponential or linear growth doesn't seem unreasonable. Also, there is no reason you have to use chemical rockets, thats obviously a dead end. Building up on the moon and mars will allow for easy liftoff due to the low gravity allowing for more advanced propulsion systems.

great tech for Moon launches though.

IF some asks you to hang out always say yes. They most likely wont ask again. lower your standards even if you don't plan on being long term friends. Just go out with people and you'll connect with other new people.