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We explore, or we expire. -Buzz Aldrin, GIF'17Buzz Aldrin has a clear view of government's role in what America achieved in 1969. "Apollo could not have happened without many people working together towards a shared goal", he said. Government was necessary for such a large project, yet no one can ignore the recent achievements of SpaceX. In certain aspects of space exploration the private sector has produced amazing innovation, most notably the reusable rocket. "Rockets are expensive, and then it just goes into the ocean", the one use rocket clearly pained Buzz for many years, "Let's try to use it again. I tried to tell the government to do that." Perhaps feeling his suggestion fell on deaf ears, he went on to say, "In my experience, government is not innovative." Now, fast forward five decades and "some people with a private company say, 'I can do that all by myself'", and that is exactly what SpaceX did.
Go to Mars, but don't come back. -Buzz Aldrin, GIF'17This dream of going to Mars seems to be trending. Last November, humanity+ (h+) teamed up with the Global Innovator Conference (GIC) for The Future Wild Dream discussion forum. The forum, hosted by Wei Sun, had no shortage of wild dreams; José Cordeiro handled a radical life extension doubter with examples of amazing developments in the field. Ben Goertzel talked about the wildly large scope of artificial intelligence and possible ranges of consciousness, while Adam Ford explored a few wonderful implications of the emerging global brain. This forum was the best I have attended on transhumanism yet, but even this historic forum started off with a debate on sending fleshy humans to Mars. The consensus at this forum was not to abandon plans for Mars, but not a top priority either. When questioned if we should we go to outer space or inner space, Ben Goertzel said, "We could do both", but I'm not to sure we can afford to do both. Mars is an outdated dream. Here are three reasons why.
I wanted to change the name of 'science fiction' into 'technology projection'... try and make it true. -Buzz Aldrin, GIF'17Super intelligence is the next great dream. In 1969, landing on the moon was an epic achievement of mankind, and Buzz Aldrin will forever be a hero. Since then, the only human accomplishment to eclipse the lunar landing has been the Human Genome Project. I predict humans will never step foot on Mars, even if world governments foolishly decide to prioritize a mission to the dead planet. The Law of Accelerating Returns strongly suggests a technological Singularity is near. We will achieve post-humanity before our flesh hauling rockets can make it to Mars.
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