tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post6782886131972859662..comments2024-03-28T18:59:57.979+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Planning EscapesKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-83714930187904841462016-10-31T15:35:15.733+00:002016-10-31T15:35:15.733+00:00Kaor, Paul!
Thanks! And right now I would settle ...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />Thanks! And right now I would settle for us having such a frontier in "just" the Solar System. That could and should have been achieved, starting decades ago, with our current knowledge and technology. See Jerry Pournelle's A STEP FARTHER OUT, in which he collected articles arguing how that could have been started using just circa 1980 technology.<br /><br />I've seen comments by Dr. Pournelle about he either has or soon will republish A STEP FARTHER OUT, possibly revised? If so, I should look into getting a copy.<br /><br />One advantage of again having a REAL frontier for mankind is that would again make it impossible for tyrants or fanatical ideologues to again try corralling all of mankind into various kinds of ruinous ideological strait jackets. See, for example, Poul Anderson's "The High Ones", showing us the gruesome results for one race of what happened when such an ideology "succeeded,"<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-71330822752209394002016-10-31T09:01:17.484+00:002016-10-31T09:01:17.484+00:00It would.It would.Paul Shackleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04180596532266581425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-1984740649813100432016-10-31T00:47:04.174+00:002016-10-31T00:47:04.174+00:00Kaor, Paul!
I know a life of adventure and danger...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />I know a life of adventure and danger is not for everyone, but I wish so much we had such a socio/cultural/technological set up right here and now. I mean I wise we had a FTL drive now and that many humans were leaving Earth to settle other worlds or become merchant adventurers. My view is that for us to have such a frontier would be good for all of us.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com