{"id":4414,"date":"2017-02-13T17:42:57","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T01:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/?p=4414"},"modified":"2020-10-18T11:48:06","modified_gmt":"2020-10-18T18:48:06","slug":"a-vision-of-possible-futures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/2017\/02\/13\/a-vision-of-possible-futures\/","title":{"rendered":"A Vision of Possible Futures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a great video called <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/108650530\">Wanderers<\/a>, by Erik Wernquest, that depicts visions of a future in which humanity has \u201cconquered the solar system\u201d in the words of this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/this-epic-short-film-reveals-what-life-will-look-like-once-we-ve-conquered-the-solar-system\">frame article<\/a> at ScienceAlert.com.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s narrated by Carl Sagan, whose introduction alludes to the ancient tension between the freedom of the nomad and the sedentary life of the farmer and citydweller, a theme visible all the way back to Genesis. Might humanity\u2019s itching to wander propel, even justify, the exploration of space? At the same time, I\u2019m cautious about the use of the phrase \u2018conquer the solar system\u2019, even as that theme has been an essential one for much of the past century\u2019s science fiction. The way we\u2019re \u2018conquering\u2019 our own planet seems to be irrevocably damaging its ecosystem \u2013 the sixth extinction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a great video called Wanderers, by Erik Wernquest, that depicts visions of a future in which humanity has \u201cconquered the solar system\u201d in the words of this frame article at ScienceAlert.com. It\u2019s narrated by Carl Sagan, whose introduction alludes &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/2017\/02\/13\/a-vision-of-possible-futures\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-human-progress","category-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4414"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4415,"href":"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4414\/revisions\/4415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markrkelly.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}