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Should We Colonize Other Planets? - Couverture rigide

Morton, Adam

 
9781509525119: Should We Colonize Other Planets?
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1509525114 ISBN 13 : 9781509525119
Editeur : Polity Press, 2018

Synopsis

As humans continue to degrade and destroy our planet's resources, leading to predictions of total ecological collapse, some (such as the entrepreneur Elon Musk) now suggest that a human colony elsewhere may be our species' best hope for survival.

Adam Morton examines extra-terrestrial colonization plans with a critical eye. He makes a strong case for colonization - just not by human beings. Humans live relatively short lives and, to survive, require large amounts of food and water, very specific climatic conditions and an oxygen-rich atmosphere. We can create colonists that have none of these shortcomings.

Reflecting compassionately on the nature of existence, Morton argues that we should treat the end of the human race in the same way that we treat our own deaths: as something sad but ultimately inevitable. The earth will perish one day, and, in the end, we should be concerned more with securing the future of intelligent beings than with the preservation of our species, which represents but a nanosecond in the history of our solar system.

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À propos de l'auteur

Adam Morton has taught at the Universities of Princeton, Bristol, and Alberta, and is now affiliated with the University of British Columbia.

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Éditeur
Polity Press
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1509525114
ISBN 13 
9781509525119
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
140
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