Adam Morton

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Should We Colonize Other Planets?Hardcover, 22 October 2018

Should We Colonize Other Planets?
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Part of Series
New Human Frontiers
Print Length
140 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Polity Press
Date Published
22 Oct 2018
ISBN-10
1509525114
ISBN-13
9781509525119

Description

As humans continue to degrade and destroy our planet's resources, leading to predictions of total ecological collapse, some (such as the entrepreneur Elon Musk) now suggest that a human colony elsewhere may be our species' best hope for survival.

Adam Morton examines extra-terrestrial colonization plans with a critical eye. He makes a strong case for colonization - just not by human beings. Humans live relatively short lives and, to survive, require large amounts of food and water, very specific climatic conditions and an oxygen-rich atmosphere. We can create colonists that have none of these shortcomings.

Reflecting compassionately on the nature of existence, Morton argues that we should treat the end of the human race in the same way that we treat our own deaths: as something sad but ultimately inevitable. The earth will perish one day, and, in the end, we should be concerned more with securing the future of intelligent beings than with the preservation of our species, which represents but a nanosecond in the history of our solar system.

Product Details

Author:
Adam Morton
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
GB
Date Published:
22 October 2018
Dimensions:
19.3 x 12.95 x 1.52 cm
ISBN-10:
1509525114
ISBN-13:
9781509525119
Language:
English
Pages:
140
Publisher:
Weight:
217.72 gm

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