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The Elysium Effect

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In the 2013 science fiction film “Elysium” starring Matt Damon, Earth’s wealthiest 0.01% move to the ultimate gated community, a luxurious orbiting space colony, leaving a poverty-stricken humanity to fend for themselves on a ravaged planet. Interestingly, it is indeed some of today’s 0.1% who are leading the way into space to build communities beyond Earth. However, quite the opposite of the movie, their goals are of the highest order, from democratizing access to space by lowering costs, to creating new products and ideas, to helping save the planet and opening space to future generations. Yet, given the effects of … Read more

FOR WRITERS: Intelligence and Class in the Future

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Thea Nishimori: We seem to have a growing socio-economical divide. How could that influence intelligence in the human race in the future? Over the long run, could social forces end up being a driver for evolution, either toward or away from higher intelligence, ie: could being rich or poor make our descendants either smarter or dumber? Writers: This is a writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Join the … Read more