pstarr wrote:
Instead we allowed ourselves to be imprisoned in suburban ghettos.
What a f#cking tragedy.
I really don't see much of a difference in the long run, yes, it might be a noble experiment, but people don't do well when confined to living in areas that resemble ant colonies. The communities would be limited to downward and upward growth, and there is only so much which is manageable before you reach beyond the limitations of the original design and must consider safety. As we watch our own society continuing to sustain break neck growth rates, we can be certain that they will not stop the boundless procreation which led to the resource depletion issues that we have now, and over a few hundred years would lead to the same problems, but in a new setting.
What we have to do, is fix the mindset of unlimited growth possibilities. Until we teach the rest of humanity that unlimited growth is not possible, and start reversing growth, than it is pointless to try to strive to reach the stars.
We have exceeded the carrying capacity of our current habitat, and instead of looking for ways to continue boundless growth, we must decrease our numbers drastically. If you have suggestions on how to do this, I would love to hear them.