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"We imagine going to the moon and planting a flag, going to an asteroid and mining, going to Mars and..." — Trevor Paglen
We imagine going to the moon and planting a flag, going to an asteroid and mining, going to Mars and setting up a colony. And I think that expansionist mentality is very self-destructive, especially given the kind of precarious relationship we now have to the ecosystem here on Earth, because it allows us to imagine that Earth is disposable.
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