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[–] [email protected] 63 points 3 days ago (17 children)

It’s easy to see why people thought we would be a lot more futuristic by now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We killed our trajectory by shutting down nuclear investment.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

We killed our trajectory because the cold war ended and we were no longer engaged in an arms race involving rockets. Once capitalism figures out how to exploit space for infinite growth we'll get back on track assuming we don't great filter ourselves first.

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