Does this at least mean we can work with China again for space stuff? Wasn’t the whole rationale for NOT working with them on ISS etc that they were deploying weapons in space, or is this one of those predictable “rules for thee and not for me” scenarios?
I don’t really think that there are good people. I don’t mean it as cynical as it sounds. I KNOW there are bad people. I don’t think I’m one of those.
I think if it were being done responsibly and thoughtfully it would actually be pretty exciting and cool. If it was all in some kind of public trust, owned by everyone equally, or if it were TRULY open source I would honestly be banging the drum for it… as it is, it’s just an accelerant stoking the fire of inequality and a weight disadvantaging those already at the greatest disadvantage, even while it bouys those already the furthest ahead. Fuck the clankers, and anybody who thinks this is ethical needs to wake the fuck up
Same in the US. Growing up Walmart, any pharmacy and a handful of other shops were all 24 hour, even out in the stix. Since COVID I literally don’t know of a single 24 hour establishment of any kind within an hour of me. Enshittification at the physical scale I guess
“Crazy that I’m the only one who remembers that guy who attained eternal life and then fucked off to explore the universe”