This talks about climate impacting the population, but it made me wonder if herd immunity to disease in an isolated population could cause population limiting diseases to go extinct after awhile.
Why does anyone do anything? Some people obviously just got really into the idea of sailing to the islands.
Right now there are people in the world that are super into the idea of going to Mars. There’s no reason why anyone has to do it, but they’re into the idea of it and they’ll find whatever rationale they need to explain the desire.
There are always going to be people whose reason is “because we can”. Going to Mars has, on the scale of a human lifetime, only recently become vaguely feasible. As someone who works in STEM, I’m generally on the side of new technologies unlocking things, though I don’t doubt that population and environmental shifts in the home territory can tip things over from a few crazy dreamers to a more coordinated expansion.
An increase in the supply of boat snacks?
This talks about climate impacting the population, but it made me wonder if herd immunity to disease in an isolated population could cause population limiting diseases to go extinct after awhile.
Food would be the biggest barrier to population growth in pre modern times
Why does anyone do anything? Some people obviously just got really into the idea of sailing to the islands.
Right now there are people in the world that are super into the idea of going to Mars. There’s no reason why anyone has to do it, but they’re into the idea of it and they’ll find whatever rationale they need to explain the desire.
There are always going to be people whose reason is “because we can”. Going to Mars has, on the scale of a human lifetime, only recently become vaguely feasible. As someone who works in STEM, I’m generally on the side of new technologies unlocking things, though I don’t doubt that population and environmental shifts in the home territory can tip things over from a few crazy dreamers to a more coordinated expansion.
We're going to Mars because of rainfall patterns. The anthropologists of the future will peice together clues and come to the same conclusion.
"Why was there a massive migration to Mars starting in 2050? More importantly why did every wave of settlers die out almost immediately"?
Same reason as everything - looking for women
The Pilgrims weren't looking for women. They were looking for religious freedom.
This was covered in the movie.