If we're privatizing space exploration it means we shouldn't be exploring space. This is what Jurassic Park (moreso the book) is about. You put scientific development in the hands of capitalists and the only thing they'll study is what makes them money. Science should be done for its own sake and be powered by an engine of burning grant money.
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Science should be done for its own sake
Or a reasonable estimation of social benefit, but not private profit for sure
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Who writes these article titles, a drunk AI? Fuckin "agency push" it's like they're trying to confuse and annoy their readers on purpose
Wtf is an agency push? Is this something I should know?
It's when a socialist organizer "jumps" through a plate glass window on the 20th floor