Comment by adastra22

2 months ago

Why though? That’s the interesting part. Pioneers want to be there to experience the challenge of bootstrapping. It’s the whole point.

It’s like saying “why climb Everest? We can send a drone up instead.”

If you're climbing Everest, sure. If you're settling a new world, building a place to live with an economy, then the easier the better.

Right, and now that "climb Everest" is past the "pioneer" stage, what does it look like?

Trash, exploitation and littered with corpses.