> The idea that the thing that might justify our first visit to another planet, for some people, might be because it would make good reality TV
In this post-modern age of hyperreality, there's not nearly as much difference between the two as you may think.
> just horrifying and saddening and stupefying and should be confronted at every opportunity.
Yes, well maybe. You can fight it. You can wallow in it. You can also see it as a kind of gravity-assist :)
> The idea that the thing that might justify our first visit to another planet, for some people, might be because it would make good reality TV
In this post-modern age of hyperreality, there's not nearly as much difference between the two as you may think.
> just horrifying and saddening and stupefying and should be confronted at every opportunity.
Yes, well maybe. You can fight it. You can wallow in it. You can also see it as a kind of gravity-assist :)