The Europeans And The Americans Are Not

Sooner Or Later, We Will Face A Catastrophic Threat From Space. Of All The Possible Threats, Only A Gigantic Asteroid Hit Can Destroy The Entire Planet. If We Prepare Now, We Better Our Odds Of Survival. The Dinosaurs Never Knew What Hit Them.

When We're Born, We Want To Know Why The Stars Shine. We Want To Know Why The Sun Rises.

What Differentiates Human From Lower-animal Consciousness Is Time. You Can't Explain The Concept Of "tomorrow" To Your Dog. Our Consciousness Is Dominated By Time - We're Constantly Running Simulations Of The Future. Our Brain Is A Prediction Machine. The Hallmark Of Intelligence, Indeed Of Genius, Is The Number And Complexity Of The Feedback Loops We Use In Predicting The Future.

One Problem With Politics Is That It Is A Zero Sum Game, I.e. Politicians Argue How To Cut The Pie Smaller And Smaller, By Reshuffling Pieces Of The Pie. I Think This Is Destructive. Instead, We Should Be Creating A Bigger Pie, I.e. Funding The Science That Is The Source Of All Our Prosperity. Science Is Not A Zero Sum Game.

The Energy Necessary To Create A Wormhole Or To Wrap Time Into Nuts Is Incredible. It's Not For Us. It's Maybe For Our Descendants Who Have Mastered The Energy Of This Technology. So If One Day, Somebody Knocks On Your Door And Claims To Be Your Great Great Great Great Granddaughter, Don't Slam The Door.