gjm comments on Existential Risk - Less Wrong

28 Post author: lukeprog 15 November 2011 02:23PM

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Comment author: timtyler 16 November 2011 03:00:42PM 1 point [-]

it's kinda like a ringworld but it's really really really small. Much smaller than the earth. What the hell's the point of that?

Faster build, reduced cost, not such heavy stresses placed on the materials.

Comment author: gjm 17 November 2011 12:10:27AM 0 points [-]

I meant "what's the point of that, as opposed to not bothering?". Not "what's the point of that, as opposed to building a full-sized ringworld?".