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>considering that he and Bezos are the only billionaires actually willing to put their wealth into chasing a vision.

Sometimes I wonder if the peasants got exited watching the European crowns compete to survey trade routes around Africa the way we get exited about space.



> I wonder if the peasants got exited watching the European crowns compete to survey trade routes around Africa the way we get exited about space

You’re seriously arguing the descendants of those peasants aren’t better off for it?


I'm not arguing anything. I'm wondering if they were fascinated and exited by it the way we are today.

But HNers love being told what to think so once one person took it the wrong way the NPCs followed.




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