It reminds me of the old joke: The weak shall inherit the earth. The rest of us will escape to the stars.
Except, of course, that's from the 1970s when we thought that perhaps a lot of us would escape to the stars, rather than believing that
1. "We" aren't "us"
2. Nobody is likely to escape to the stars
If anything, the longer we ignore the social, economic, and environmental repercussions, the more of a problem they become.
This is the overarching problem. It is certainly true of climate change, but lately I'm thinking it's true of all sorts of social problems - by the time it feels urgent, it's too late. It's turning the wheel in the oil tanker a foot before collision.
What I find interesting about these hedge fund managers is that they have any interest at all in living in a world where their security forces where discipline collars and the food is locked in a locker where one despot has the combination.
Personally, I would prefer that The Event kill me before I see that.
