[DanielDudley]

While it is true that space is the final frontier, I don't think we have reached that point as sentient beings where it is all that accessible. However, disregarding space, we have pretty much managed to tame the earth, and now have dominion over it's vast resources. Remote wilderness is a thing of the past, and now world powers are playing a giant game of Risk for the spoils. I think at some point we are going to have to say we don't control the earth so much as take care of it for the next generation. Strangely, a lot of us feel that way about our cars and watches, but not so much about our planet.

Now we have reached a point with technology where today's solutions are tomorrow's problems, and this isn't even a consideration for us, because we are totally enthralled in petty world dominion squabbles. I think that there is no question that in the next thousand years we could really achieve amazing things, but we are now reaching a critical point where we must choose our destiny or lose it.


'' The future is not a straight line. It is filled with many crossroads. There must be a future that we can choose for ourselves. ''

Easy for individuals, hard for a Race.