Re-post: Space and Above

Posted Wednesday February 14, 2007 by John Gunders in |

I’m re-posting Nick’s reference to “Making Light”. There was something bizarre going on with that page that was preventing comments. If you tried to comment and couldn’t, please consider trying again.

Via Making Light, a soc1alist defense of space exploration from UK writer China Miéville.

Steven Brust’s comment in the Making Light discussion is worth a read too.

Your Comments

  1. John Gunders writes:

    Ah-ha! It’s the old “c1alis” problem. You can’t use that word, or any other word that contains it: like “soc1alist”!

    Thanks spam industry.

    Posted: 14 02 2007 - 18:51 | Permanent link to this comment

  2. Lisa writes:

    I find it interesting that so much thinking about space exploration and human encounters with extra-terrestrials is utopian, or at least very optimistic, assuming it will ultimately benefit and progress human-kind. What if it is more like Independence Day than Close Encounters? Why do we assume that that anyone we encounter out there is not going to be every bit as economically and culturally imperialistic as we are?

    Posted: 14 02 2007 - 18:53 | Permanent link to this comment

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