You can't really be arguing that people live in mud huts by choice?
Or that they squandered their copious opportunities?
"More than 80 percent of Indians (about 700 million) live on less than $1.25 a day"
Saying that we shouldn't spend money to send humans into inter-stellar space is not the same as saying we should stop all technical advancement.
But really, we'd be better off without iPhone or Android as well. A more democratized technological advancement would benefit many more people, to a much greater degree.
Do you really think if Steve Jobs hadn't been born that smart phone would not have been invented?
But they'd almost certainly be a more accessible s/w development platform...
Or that they squandered their copious opportunities?
"More than 80 percent of Indians (about 700 million) live on less than $1.25 a day"
Saying that we shouldn't spend money to send humans into inter-stellar space is not the same as saying we should stop all technical advancement.
But really, we'd be better off without iPhone or Android as well. A more democratized technological advancement would benefit many more people, to a much greater degree.
Do you really think if Steve Jobs hadn't been born that smart phone would not have been invented?
But they'd almost certainly be a more accessible s/w development platform...