timtyler comments on Politicians stymie human colonization of space to save make-work jobs - Less Wrong

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Comment author: timtyler 18 July 2010 07:08:42PM *  2 points [-]

Right - OK - that's what I was saying. Some people are space cadets - and I figure some of them can probably make useful contributions.

Space has some other possibilities for reducing risks too. For example, communications satellites network the world, make everyone friends - and reduce the chances of war. Of course there's also star wars - but I don't think that space can be simply written off as not helping.