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Towlie

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Sun Mar 29, 2026, 09:42 AM Sunday

Jeff Bezos Says 'I Would Love To See A Trillion Humans Living In The Solar System'... [View all]

Yahoo News: Jeff Bezos Says 'I Would Love To See A Trillion Humans Living In The Solar System' — Then We Could Have '1,000 Mozarts And 1,000 Einsteins'

I find this mind-numbingly stupid. If we want more Mozarts and Einsteins it would make more sense to increase the quality of life here on Earth and the opportunities of the huge number of people who are currently starving, oppressed, uneducated, and lacking any means of exploiting any potential they may have as they struggle just to stay alive.

In other words, Bezos is implying that one in a billion humans can currently become a Mozart, and the same for an Einstein. I'm saying a more realistic remedy is not to increase the population but to increase that ratio.


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