[Voption]

The Space Show Broadcast #3058. Guest: Andy Weir; Topics: Andy's new book, "Artemis" plus space policy, lunar issues, lunar and space economics and much more.

[Windflier]

cislunar

Huh? Is that like 'cisgender'?

What the hell does that even mean?

[Pontiac]

During his closing comments, he asked a few interesting questions about what time in history we might choose to live in rather than our current time. Don't miss his exercise. Do participate in it.

Andy suggested that the future always brings progress and improvements in the human condition.

I would agree that science brings near universal improvements however I do not agree that the human condition is always improved as time marches on.

I would suggest that the twentieth century saw a whole host of degradations in the human condition.

Communism and Socialism killed off over 120 million souls and I don’t really think that period of history has drawn to a close.

Feminism set off changes in the family structure that continues to destroy lives. Governments engaging in social engineering is also destroying the family and lives as a consequence.

Socialism is driving changes in morality and economics that is making full time work harder and harder to come by.

Atheism is on the march, pushed by government and activist, driving God out of community life and try to minimize God’s influence on society and the family.

The author suggested that no one would want to live in an earlier time but I don’t know if that is true.