<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>On Feb 25, 2017, at 1:28 AM, Giulio Prisco <<a href="mailto:giulio@gmail.com">giulio@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Dan, I would say that your generation was threatened with (not</span><br><span>promised) a postindustrial dystopia, and the threat is being carried</span><br><span>out as we speak. Now, how about joining us geezers and going back to</span><br><span>space?</span><br><span></span><br><span>On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 8:33 AM, Dan TheBookMan <<a href="mailto:danust2012@gmail.com">danust2012@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>On Feb 24, 2017, at 11:23 PM, Giulio Prisco <<a href="mailto:giulio@gmail.com">giulio@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>So was Apollo ("flags and footprint"ish). But it inspired a whole</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>generation of dreamers, scientists and engineers who built great</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>things, including the internet.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Then the dream faded and we got 140 characters, useless apps&scams</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>instead of flying cars and cities on the moon, as Peter Thiel wisely</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>noted.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Sometime you need flags and footprints to keep dreams alive.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br><span></span></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Whoa! I'm o[f] a younger generation. The baby boomers were promised flying cars</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>and all that. My generation was promised a postindustrial dystopia. It seems</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>like we'll get that first. ;)</span></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span></blockquote></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Of course, I prefer space exploration to postindustrial dystopia, but it looks to me like we're getting a tiny bit of the former with a huge helping of the latter, no? Don't let me be too negative here. If you have suggestions on how to change the ratio in favor of the former, please share them.</div><br><div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 20px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Regards,</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 20px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 20px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Dan</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> Sample my Kindle books via:</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><font color="#000000" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://author.to/DanUst" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://author.to/DanUst</a></font></div></div></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><br></div></body></html>