CDZ Five Coming Disruptive Technologies That We Mustt Plan For

[Picaro]

1) Space mining is perhaps the most important technology we are working on, and it is getting very little emphasis. The wealth that exists in just Near Earth asteroids is in the hundreds of trillsion of dollars in petroleum, water, precious metals and uranium. The nation that dominmates asteroid mining is the nation that will dominate the next three centuries.

Petroleum in outer space?

Yes, things like charcoal exist in C type asteroids. That is not petroleum itself but could be converted into petroleum and various other petro products. Also methane exists in some of the C type asteroids as well, if I recall correctly.

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nineplanets.org

I wonder how much a gallon of gas would be to make from an asteroid?

Current prices to send satellites into orbit run about $14,000 per pound. Don't know how much a refinery would weigh, but I'm pretty sure they won't be 'cost effective' for a very long long time. With Federal subsidies, NASA claims it can do it for $10,000 a pound. Reducing costs by 99% gets you $100 a pound; a gallon of gas weighs around 6-7 pounds or so. It's a lot cheaper to subsidize all those multi-dimensional travelers we can hear on Coast To Coast A.M. to do it by psychic powers. Much more probable, too.

 

[candycorn]

1) Space mining is perhaps the most important technology we are working on, and it is getting very little emphasis. The wealth that exists in just Near Earth asteroids is in the hundreds of trillsion of dollars in petroleum, water, precious metals and uranium. The nation that dominmates asteroid mining is the nation that will dominate the next three centuries.

Petroleum in outer space?

Didn’t they find decaying ferns on Mars? Lol

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

But this is about science.

Isn't that bad?

Not if it's science fiction.

 

[alang1216]

1) Space mining is perhaps the most important technology we are working on, and it is getting very little emphasis. The wealth that exists in just Near Earth asteroids is in the hundreds of trillsion of dollars in petroleum, water, precious metals and uranium. The nation that dominmates asteroid mining is the nation that will dominate the next three centuries.

Mining space will only be viable if you keep the material in space, such as for building space stations or moon bases. We have all we need here and most Earth material can be recycled. The only thing we would send from space to the Earth might be solar-derived energy.

 

[Persistence Of Memory]

Let's talk about this living to 1000 and all.

The life expectancy for Millennialturds and Gen Zeros will be lower than B Boomers. Their fat, unmoving lard asses on an IPhone doesn't bode well for a long life.

The maximum life span of a human being is about 115 yrs. After 100. Nature has had enough of you and you dwindle rapidly. At 110 nature is really sick of you and your cells reverse and you curl in a fetal position.

 

[Dick Foster]

1) Space mining is perhaps the most important technology we are working on, and it is getting very little emphasis. The wealth that exists in just Near Earth asteroids is in the hundreds of trillsion of dollars in petroleum, water, precious metals and uranium. The nation that dominmates asteroid mining is the nation that will dominate the next three centuries.

2) Strong AI will either liberate us by removing ignorance and inefficiencies in our various systematic process like economics, job hunting and open source 3D printing codes, or it could become our Master if allowed to operate without human control protocols. We need to do more than fear porn on the topic.

3) Androids will be the new servants of the Brave New World of Tomorrow. Sound too good to be true? Well, the Oligarchs will introduce the new technology in a manner that will fuck everyopne over unless we discuss how to introduce it in a human friendly way and not let the Oligarchs monopolize them.

4) Life Extension is a reality. Some of us alive now may very likely still be alive in 3000 AD. How will this impact Social Security and various other programs whose success depends on us having shorter lives?

5) Voluntary labor/barter economy will be a huge cornucopia of wealth all made by individual people and a system of barter and specialization will in all likelihood evolve that will initially be a sub economy but will morph into the predominate economy as employment shrinks. How can we safegaurd the ability of people to access 3D printer designs and share them with the general public?

Nope!