most people, for one reason or another, don't like to think about the future anymore. personally i think the muttification of the white race will completely dash any hope of colonizing other planets and especially other stars. the human iq will be permanently lowered for thousands of years, maybe forever since the selective pressures for increased iq and cooperation no longer exist in modern society. china would be the biggest hope, but i don't think they have the vision or drive to care about much beyond their 9.5 km2. the sci-fi genre has shat out completely in the past 10 years. it's appeal was that it presented a plausible possibility of the far future to it's audience, but on some level everyone knows it's no longer possible so they prefer fantasy.
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