[ExI] Michio Kaku makes 3 predictions about the future

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat
Subject: Re: [ExI] Michio Kaku makes 3 predictions about the future

 

On Sat, Mar 26, 2022 at 11:00 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org <mailto:extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> > wrote:

Prediction: humanity will build tech-advanced cities in Africa, up in the Sahara where it won’t bother the people who already there, before we build anything on Mars.

 

>…Cities in Africa could be easily raided by military or - deadpan gasp - law enforcement.  This is much harder to do on Mars, which seems to be the true impetus for colonizing Mars.

 

>…But the benefit of being hard to raid can be had in orbit or on the Moon, too, with much less drawbacks from distance, thus why I see those as likely sooner than Mars…

 

 

 

 

Hi Adrian, 

 

Granted, but my contention is that defense against military or law enforcement raiders is a much easier and practical task than is survival on Mars.  In the latter case, sheer distance from military force is a huge deterrent.  If energy-generating colonies are built in the Sahara, the desert itself creates a marvelous fortress against over-land attacks.  Regarding aircraft attack, the defender can deal with that too, considering any power-generating facility has huge piles of money to invest in anti-aircraft technology.

 

Conclusion: massive Saharan power stations will predate (and may even be prerequisite to) any Mars colony.

 

spike 

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