...Herzog also compares Musk’s plan to the rise and collapse of communism and fascism in the 20th century. The 21st century will “quickly” end the “technological utopia like colonizing Mars,” he says.
First of all, why do we care what a film maker has to say about a billionaire who is actually running a space program that has figured out how to land rocket stages for reuse? (I’m not saying I like Musk or agree with where his funding has come from... but unlike his BS car programs the space program is really knocking it out of the park.)
Second of all, how can anyone be so sick of mind that they somehow equate exploration and colonization of new places with a failed political ideology that collapsed the Soviet Union? If I understand the twisted non-logic correctly he’s implying that humans expanding their sphere of influence is negative like an insect swarm that destroys everything in its path and that man will decide to stop doing this and rebel against the idea.
If you truly believe this, then you believe that mankind’s best future course of action is to stagnate until it dies out.
That’s hideous.
And unfortunately if you worship the creation rather than the Creator who commanded us to have dominion over our world... you think stupid things like this.
Herzog’s point is that techno optimism often has a delusional, cult-like quality that leads to grave errors and abuses. Ultimately, settlement on Mars requires not just technological capability but also economic viability and a better standard of living for the participants. If not, settlement on Mars will fail.
Uh, his cars are knocking it out of the park, too.
I would bet that if 100% of freepers drove a Model S, 50% would buy one.
I was not impressed, till I drove one.
Still won’t buy a S. Maybe a 3 in a few years on a replacement schedule, or the truck (that will get redesigned, it won’t be the abomination that is currently the Cyber Truck).
The S is too hot for my testosterone injected mind. I’d be the next nut up in a tree, with lithium ion cells raining from the sky.