The human attention span is inadequate

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The human attention span is inadequate

FrankC — 2/28/2008 12:09:53 AM (archived)

to plan and execute anything in hundred year increments.

This might change if human lifespan increases to hundreds of years but any project that has a reasonable chance of completion must be doable in a single lifespan.

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The Ultimate Project: 10000 Year Journey - Socrates II - 2/26/2008 10:02:36 PM
- re: The Ultimate Project: 10000 Year Journey - eli novak - 3/9/2008 9:47:47 PM
- suspended animation, virtual reality, bootstrapping,... - sawyer - 2/28/2008 11:40:26 AM
  - Better than that... - Adam - 3/1/2008 3:05:01 AM
    - Wild!!! Scanned into Data Banks - carl - 3/1/2008 3:10:16 PM
      - i think it would be cool to have you1 and you2 engage in a gladiator battle! - Adam Bomber - 3/10/2008 7:45:36 PM
        
        Dave Brin already did it... - Adam - 3/11/2008 9:06:32 AM
- Rama redux - SDG - 2/28/2008 5:14:54 AM
- 1000 year plan - ER - 2/28/2008 4:34:41 AM
- The human attention span is inadequate - FrankC - 2/28/2008 12:09:53 AM
  - Not true. - TAFKASE - 2/28/2008 3:02:22 PM
    - The Middle Ages ! Not a good example - Raoul - 2/28/2008 9:03:44 PM
    - re: Not true. - dd - 2/28/2008 4:49:42 PM
      - here's one - TAFKASE - 2/28/2008 5:30:36 PM
        
        The national cathedral in DC has been under construction for about a century now. (n/t) - Lee - 2/28/2008 11:07:58 PM
- What humans want is freedom - Raoul - 2/27/2008 6:26:23 PM
  - I agree. - TAFKASE - 2/27/2008 8:07:32 PM
- What would actually happen - TB - 2/27/2008 4:42:49 PM
  - Speaking of Powerpoints... - TB - 2/27/2008 5:11:07 PM
- Ship of fools. - ER - 2/27/2008 3:46:14 PM
  - One would have to question the meaning of Life, lives. - Bowser - 2/27/2008 5:53:10 PM
  - re: Ship of fools. - REB - 2/27/2008 5:52:49 PM
    - Use of Terra-bots - REB - 2/28/2008 2:06:11 PM
  - Ship of Religous fanatics. - TAFKASE - 2/27/2008 5:09:29 PM
  - First generation would be the hardest. - TB - 2/27/2008 4:47:03 PM
    - the 2nd and 3rd generations would begin to lose their humanity. - TAFKASE - 2/27/2008 5:16:40 PM
- It would be a prison of sorts... - TAFKASE - 2/27/2008 3:08:01 PM
  - Tech changes + Faster Ships - carl - 2/27/2008 5:51:06 PM
    - Far Centaurus - ER - 2/28/2008 3:49:05 AM
    - Why send it at all: Because we can - TAFKASE - 2/27/2008 8:01:32 PM
- Orphans of the Sky - Joe-Jim - 2/27/2008 7:30:02 AM
- Why 1 Million? - TAFKASE - 2/26/2008 11:57:39 PM
  - A few hundred will do. - Lee - 2/28/2008 4:56:18 AM
    - genetic defects would eventually infect such a small population - TAFKASE - 2/28/2008 4:01:35 PM
      - We're not talking about a CEV type vehicle. - Lee - 2/28/2008 11:05:14 PM
- Once CATS becomes a reality, anything's possible. - Lee - 2/26/2008 11:48:30 PM
  - We should probably just give up on the whole human species - Socrates II - 2/28/2008 3:23:55 AM
    - It's all going to work out. - Lee - 2/28/2008 4:38:57 AM

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