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What is more important; increasing world awesome, or decreasing world suck?
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As in, what's the point of going to Mars if there are children starving in the slums of India? Or do we need to have awesome things to counter balance the suckish things? Continue
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Flo Jul 5, 2012.
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Flo replied to Tal Friedler's discussion What is more important; increasing world awesome, or decreasing world suck?
Jessica Hiscock replied to Tal Friedler's discussion What is more important; increasing world awesome, or decreasing world suck?"I think the two affect each other. Like each time world suck is being decreased, an increase in awesome occurs. In my opinion they are two loads on separate ends of a scale. Say each load represents world suck and the other…"
Abreo replied to Tal Friedler's discussion What is more important; increasing world awesome, or decreasing world suck?"How will not going to Mars change the fact that people in Somalia don't have water? The money we would spend going to Mars wouldn't and maybe even shouldn't be spent on Somalians. They come from different heaps of cash, not going…"
Jamillia Joy replied to Tal Friedler's discussion What is more important; increasing world awesome, or decreasing world suck?"I totally understand that going to Mars and exploring the frontiers of space are important things to do, and yes, no matter what, people will still suffer. But if you try to decrease the level of suffering to a minimal level, world awesome will…"
Andrew Brockman replied to Tal Friedler's discussion What is more important; increasing world awesome, or decreasing world suck?"Frankly, they are one and the same. Increasing World Awesome decreases world suck, just as much as decreasing World Suck. And there's not much more to say than that"
Hutch Hogan replied to Tal Friedler's discussion What is more important; increasing world awesome, or decreasing world suck?"I'm of the opinion of decreasing world suck. I think that the lesser the suck, the faster the awesome. Also, some world suck could stop the development of world awesome. The Taliban is against educating women. So if you try to…"
Latch33570 replied to Tal Friedler's discussion What is more important; increasing world awesome, or decreasing world suck?"Increasing awesome is more important because if you wait for conditions to be perfect before you be awesome. You just won't ever be awesome."
Josh Weeden replied to Tal Friedler's discussion What is more important; increasing world awesome, or decreasing world suck?"here here
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Abreo replied to Tal Friedler's discussion What is more important; increasing world awesome, or decreasing world suck?"Still, it's not like the money you spend going to Mars disappears. It goes into some already heavy pockets but a trip to mars would employ A LOT of people. My grandfather was employed building roads for a private space exploration facility (or…"
Jamillia Joy replied to Tal Friedler's discussion What is more important; increasing world awesome, or decreasing world suck?"Decreasing world-suck is most definitely more important to me for a score of reasons. I don't understand how people can spend trillions of dollars on going to Mars when there are people in their own country, region, state, or city who're…"
CD replied to Tal Friedler's discussion What is more important; increasing world awesome, or decreasing world suck?"I find it difficult to disagree with this. Sometimes having "bat shit crazy" goals requires the fulfillment of little goals, as you say, going to space means innovative ways to grow food, and we certainly need that!
That said some…"
Jack Copping replied to Tal Friedler's discussion What is more important; increasing world awesome, or decreasing world suck?"Because when we increase world awesome and do amazing things that once people would have said where crazy and impossible you give people the ability to look at that and find something to strive for and giving someone something to strive for and hope…"
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Latch33570 replied to Tal Friedler's discussion What is more important; increasing world awesome, or decreasing world suck?"Increasing world awesome decreases world suck. That's the point of going to Mars. It increases awesome by the side effects of making technicle advances that are used everywhere. What if going to mars leads to more efficient ways of…"
hopelesscynic replied to Tal Friedler's discussion What is more important; increasing world awesome, or decreasing world suck?"What we really need are superheroes like these: http://www.reallifesuperheroes.org/ they increase awesome because they're just amazing and they help fight suck. Job done."
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