Posthuman Blues

Politicians inevitably counter plans to send humans to the Moon or beyond by relying on a time-honored mantra: "But there are more important things to be done here on Earth!" And the public, sheep-like as always, nods its collective agreement. What wisdom!





Alas, there will always be pressing problems here on Earth. Always. Get used to it. Barring the sudden emergence of a global utopia wherein all of our physical, emotional and intellectual needs are met, we will continue to be plagued with violence, poverty, leaking roofs, car accidents, unemployment, homelessness, disease, lost keys, and corrupt leaders.

So why don't we dispense with these disingenuous, imaginatively crippled fucks and get on with it? We don't need NASA. We don't need to await lofty, pointless assurances from the likes of Bush. We need initiative and drive on a grassroots level. Or else one day, possibly quite soon, it will simply be too late. We will have died in the womb, unremembered. And the cosmos' long silence will claim us.