The Age of the Gekko

ER — 3/20/2007 5:26:59 PM (archived)

Our age did not invent greed and rapacity and arrogance, they've been around since Year Zero, just part of being human, I guess.

But we have succeeded in turning them from something that used to be done when we thought no one else was watching into a social and civic virtue.

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Planetary Defense Outlook & Costs - phil - 3/20/2007 12:43:57 PM
- re: Planetary Defense Outlook & Costs - Me - 3/20/2007 9:58:12 PM
- $1 billion over the next ten years? - TB - 3/20/2007 4:06:11 PM
  - Speaking of penny wise and pound foolish... - TB - 3/20/2007 7:03:15 PM
    - Yep. Lots of good ideas coming from NIAC, obvious ones too - SDF - 3/20/2007 9:13:46 PM
- Priorities - clear and present dangers v. if - come - maybes. - Bowser - 3/20/2007 3:41:01 PM
- re: Planetary Defense Outlook & Costs - ER - 3/20/2007 1:54:15 PM
  - How do we detect objects more than 50 AU distant from the Sun? - SDF - 3/20/2007 3:08:07 PM
    - I'd go with big radars in orbit. - ER - 3/20/2007 4:11:29 PM
    - We should all be blessed that a NEO was headed our way - Lindy - 3/20/2007 3:31:21 PM
      - re: We should all be blessed that a NEO was headed our way - p - 3/20/2007 3:39:09 PM
        
        Fits my theory of "apocalypse lust." (n/t) - TB - 3/20/2007 5:34:06 PM
        
        We all have it to some extent... - R.L. - 3/21/2007 2:51:00 PM
        
        I think it stems from - Lee - 3/22/2007 3:48:27 AM
        
        Geez, and I wrote that BEFORE reading Lindy's post. - Lee - 3/22/2007 4:34:13 AM
        
        If you only understood - Lindy - 3/22/2007 7:56:48 PM
        
        I do agree with you to a point. - Lee - 3/22/2007 10:37:11 PM
        
        Well....... - Lindy - 3/20/2007 5:15:16 PM
        
        The Age of the Gekko - ER - 3/20/2007 5:26:59 PM
        
        I don't quite understand.... - Lindy - 3/20/2007 6:00:07 PM

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