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Bostrom’s conclusion is that we should colonize the universe as soon as possible
because colonialism has never caused any damage to any kind of ethnic group or environment whatsoever and has never resulted in any kind of horrific crime such as genocide and slavery. no sirree!
because colonialism has never caused any damage to any kind of ethnic group or environment whatsoever and has never resulted in any kind of horrific crime such as genocide and slavery. no sirree!
All of that is justified because of the almost infinite post humans living in the simulation in the future after all the colonization is done.
Greg Bear’s Hull Zero Three depicts a generation ship that’s
spoiler
chock full of weaponry to basically sterilize any promising planet to ensure the cargo it carries is able to survive
Time to add another book to the list.