AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
2min chapter
#186 - Is a U.S.-China Space Race Good for Humanity?
Open to Debate
Competition Is Good for Science, Technology and Humanity
I would like to advocate that in general competition is good, both for science, technology and humanity more generally. The Americas would not have been discovered unless there has been a competition between the Portuguese which discovered the Pacific Islands in 1512 and the Spanish who discovered the Americas. A metaphor for any new world is provided by this example. There are resources in space and commercial opportunities for new technologies that would not be harnessed otherwise. And the competition, if you look at the past, led to innovation.
00:00
Transcript
Episode notes
Get the Snipd
podcast app
Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
AI-powered
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode
Save any
moment
Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways
Share
& Export
Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more
AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode