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130. Get Your Ass to Elysium!

This Machine Kills

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The Cognitive Dissidents That People Have When You're Reading Science Fiction and Not Paying Attention

Elon musk and jeff bazos have two very different views of what space exploration should be. There's not a lot of private funding going into the billionaire space race. The pursuit of profit has subsumed the pursuit of knowledge. It is no accident that world's wealthiest have chosen to funnel their fortunes into rockets, satellites and plans for colonies. That's how they expect to keepnin capitalism in business.

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