habitable planets

[Anomalocaris]

Even the most hospitable of worlds would be subject to entropy. And so would our bodies be.
Such is The way our universe works.

While I love how much scientific method has advanced our knowledge of the universe. I think we cant get anywhere long term unless we stop investing in war and pollution. Our species really needs to worry about our planet here and now.

However, I submit that the credible threat of war and the feared consequences of losing wars is the ultimate reason why economic, scientific and technological progress don’t remain isolated sparks but gradually sweep across much of the human society.

Without threat of war, societies that lag behind will clam up rather than bestir themselves to keep up, the advantages of being first movers in progress will diminish and with it incentives to progress, and general progress of humanity will slow to a crawl more typical of the Iron Age than the modern age.