HOW GREAT ARE OUR POWERS ??? ........ is steem tech of the future .

if the climate is getting screwed up , technologists propose infusing the atmosphere with corrective particles or positioning mirrors in space to deflect excess solar energy . if rare elements are in short supply, well mine asteroids . well find new sources of water on the moon . we don't accept the limits of earthly physicality .

Technologists can therefore become complacent about the lure of panglossian economic daydream . we have faith that tech fixes will come along in time to fix core problems , whether or not an economic system is blind to them . furthermore, we presume that a competent technologist will always be well positioned to implement a fix , and will easily outmaneuveur any obstacles presented by the economics or politics .

it's easy to doubt the faiths of technologists , and it's healthy for us to be questioned so that we don;t get too full of ourselves . At the same time , our faith is not completely off base . I am genuiely optimistic that people will figure out how to do more and more . However , it's foolish to pretend to know how long it will take for any particular technology to mature . just a line in my thoughts . long live steem long live human- friendly tech ,lol .