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Should humans leave Earth and colonise space? Antinatalism says no. Here is the antinatalist case against space colonisation.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~INFO~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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🗯️ | Rebutting common natalist arguments: antinatalisthandbook.org
✅ | Increasing your impact as an antinatalist: antinatalistadvocacy.org
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~TIMESTAMPS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
00:00 – Intro
00:59 – The Antinatalist Case Against Space Colonisation
09:43 – Worst Case Scenarios
15:04 – Practical Implications
20:06 – Outro
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~LINKS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Keeping Our Eggs in Earth’s Basket – The Anti-natalist Case Against Space Colonisation (Rehan Visser): https://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/server/api/core/bitstreams/ba93c35f-fd92-4075-97de-616099c83bdb/content
Konrad Szocik:
• The Bioethics of Space Exploration: global.oup.com/academic/product/the-bioethics-of-space-exploration-9780197628478?cc=gb&lang=en&#
• Feminist Bioethics in Space: global.oup.com/academic/product/feminist-bioethics-in-space-9780197691045?cc=gb&lang=en&
• Future human space missions and the procreative ethics – between human enhancement and antinatalism: researchgate.net/publication/394290073_Future_Human_Space_Missions_and_the_Procreative_Ethics_Between_Human_Enhancement_and_Antinatalism
Astronomical Waste – The Opportunity Cost of Delayed Technological Development (Nick Bostrom): nickbostrom.com/papers/astronomical-waste
On terraforming, wild-animal suffering and the far future (Michael Dello-Iacovo): researchgate.net/publication/360165163_On_terraforming_wild-animal_suffering_and_the_far_future#full-text
To seed or not to seed – Estimating the ethical value of directed panspermia (Asher Soryl & Anders Sandberg): sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S009457652500181X?ref=pdf_download&fr=RR-2&rr=97635c29684f9484
The Case For Fruit Fly Antinatalism (Daniel Daymoon): forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/BycC3Q2R6oE8JdPHh/the-case-for-fruit-fly-antinatalism-1
Avoiding the Worst – How to Prevent Moral Catastrophe (Tobias Baumann): centerforreducingsuffering.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Avoiding_The_Worst_final.pdf
Space colonization and suffering risks: Reassessing the ‘maxipok rule’ (Phil Torres): docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/d9aaad_5c9b881731054ee8bca5fd30699e7df9.pdf
• Summary: nautil.us/why-we-should-think-twice-about-colonizing-space-237149/?amp
• Response: sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0016328718302222
Omelas and Space Colonization (Brian Tomasik): reducing-suffering.org/omelas-and-space-colonization
• Turkish girl, 16, buried alive 'for talking to boys' (Guardian): guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/04/girl-buried-alive-turkey
Outro Music // The Last Time - Kayou. // Provided by @LofiGirl
Should humans leave Earth and colonise space? Antinatalism says no. Here is the antinatalist case against space colonisation.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~INFO~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
📧 | Contact Me: lawrenceant@protonmail.com
🔥 | Support my work with a one-off donation or monthly support for added perks: ko-fi.com/lawrenceanton
My projects:
🗯️ | Rebutting common natalist arguments: antinatalisthandbook.org
✅ | Increasing your impact as an antinatalist: antinatalistadvocacy.org
Get your favourite antinatalist clothing:
👕 | Anti Natalist Social Club T-shirt: a12497-55.myshopify.com/products/anti-natalist-social-club-tee
⚪️ | Antinatalist Sticker Pack: a12497-55.myshopify.com/products/antinatalist-quotes-stickers-pack-of-5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~TIMESTAMPS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
00:00 – Intro
00:59 – The Antinatalist Case Against Space Colonisation
09:43 – Worst Case Scenarios
15:04 – Practical Implications
20:06 – Outro
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~LINKS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Keeping Our Eggs in Earth’s Basket – The Anti-natalist Case Against Space Colonisation (Rehan Visser): https://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/server/api/core/bitstreams/ba93c35f-fd92-4075-97de-616099c83bdb/content
Konrad Szocik:
• The Bioethics of Space Exploration: global.oup.com/academic/product/the-bioethics-of-space-exploration-9780197628478?cc=gb&lang=en&#
• Feminist Bioethics in Space: global.oup.com/academic/product/feminist-bioethics-in-space-9780197691045?cc=gb&lang=en&
• Future human space missions and the procreative ethics – between human enhancement and antinatalism: researchgate.net/publication/394290073_Future_Human_Space_Missions_and_the_Procreative_Ethics_Between_Human_Enhancement_and_Antinatalism
Astronomical Waste – The Opportunity Cost of Delayed Technological Development (Nick Bostrom): nickbostrom.com/papers/astronomical-waste
On terraforming, wild-animal suffering and the far future (Michael Dello-Iacovo): researchgate.net/publication/360165163_On_terraforming_wild-animal_suffering_and_the_far_future#full-text
To seed or not to seed – Estimating the ethical value of directed panspermia (Asher Soryl & Anders Sandberg): sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S009457652500181X?ref=pdf_download&fr=RR-2&rr=97635c29684f9484
The Case For Fruit Fly Antinatalism (Daniel Daymoon): forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/BycC3Q2R6oE8JdPHh/the-case-for-fruit-fly-antinatalism-1
Avoiding the Worst – How to Prevent Moral Catastrophe (Tobias Baumann): centerforreducingsuffering.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Avoiding_The_Worst_final.pdf
Space colonization and suffering risks: Reassessing the ‘maxipok rule’ (Phil Torres): docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/d9aaad_5c9b881731054ee8bca5fd30699e7df9.pdf
• Summary: nautil.us/why-we-should-think-twice-about-colonizing-space-237149/?amp
• Response: sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0016328718302222
Omelas and Space Colonization (Brian Tomasik): reducing-suffering.org/omelas-and-space-colonization
• Turkish girl, 16, buried alive 'for talking to boys' (Guardian): guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/04/girl-buried-alive-turkey
Outro Music // The Last Time - Kayou. // Provided by @LofiGirl
