Comments on: No future if we don't go into space http://blog.generationjava.com/roller/bayard/entry/200704271 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:16:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.1 By: Gregor J. Rothfuss http://blog.generationjava.com/roller/bayard/entry/200704271#comment-21 Gregor J. Rothfuss Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:49:42 +0000 http://blog.generationjava.com/roller/bayard/entry/200704271#comment-21 you might like the <a href="http://lifeboat.com/ex/main">lifeboat foundation</a>: <i>The Lifeboat Foundation is a nonprofit nongovernmental organization dedicated to encouraging scientific advancements while helping humanity survive existential risks and possible misuse of increasingly powerful technologies, including genetic engineering, nanotechnology, and robotics/AI, as we move towards a technological singularity.</i> you might like the lifeboat foundation:

The Lifeboat Foundation is a nonprofit nongovernmental organization dedicated to encouraging scientific advancements while helping humanity survive existential risks and possible misuse of increasingly powerful technologies, including genetic engineering, nanotechnology, and robotics/AI, as we move towards a technological singularity.

]]> By: Ben http://blog.generationjava.com/roller/bayard/entry/200704271#comment-20 Ben Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:13:36 +0000 http://blog.generationjava.com/roller/bayard/entry/200704271#comment-20 Having worked in computers for a while, I know the importance of backups. Right now, humanity has no backup home. If we lose Earth, either through our own idiocy or rolling craps in Cosmic Asteroids Deluxe, we're boned. A terraformed Mars would look pretty good with a sizable human population on it. Having worked in computers for a while, I know the importance of backups. Right now, humanity has no backup home. If we lose Earth, either through our own idiocy or rolling craps in Cosmic Asteroids Deluxe, we’re boned.

A terraformed Mars would look pretty good with a sizable human population on it.

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