I saw this and thought to myself that humanity will be mentally ready for space habitation. Seriously, go watch this, wait for the train to pass and you will see how cities are preparing space inhabitants. Then come back here.
Yes, I know, it's another TED lecture, but this is really cool. The fact that a main market street and a train line can be the same thing and occupy the same space is amazing. Based on this I think that, as cities become more dense and more of the same spaces are used for many different things, humanity will be more prepared for space habitation. This is because the culture that will be created in dense cities will value personal space less. This is good because smaller, more dense space habitations will be cheaper to launch. Giving a bigger financial incentive to space habitation. If people can be trained, from birth, to work and live in spaces which are tiny and crowded, I think they will experience less stress in a tiny, crowded space habitation. Thus, the space inhabitant from a crowded city may function better in space then someone who has lived their whole life in the country.
Not to say that this is all good, crowded cities have a lot of problems. But, It's inevitable that we will be completely urbanized, better space inhabitants in a benefit of urbanization.
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Brand, Stewart. "Stewart Brand proclaims 4 environmental 'heresies'" July 13, 2009. Online video clip. YouTube. Accessed on August 07, 2009. < http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUxwiVFgghE&feature=channel_page >
In Case You Skimmed
- Cities are crowded
- More people are moving into cities
- Thus, more people are living their whole lives in cities
- So, people will become use to living in crowded spaces similar to the environment in space habitats
