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<blockquote data-quote="Zardnaar" data-source="post: 7563410" data-attributes="member: 6716779"><p>Age of exploration was because the ye olde traditional benefits of trade with Asia via the silk road were lost with the collapse of the Byzantines.</p><p></p><p> Columbus was trying to get to Asia, the Portugese went around Africa to get to Asia. Constantinople fell in 1453, within 100 years European ships were preying on Muslim shipping in the Indian Ocean. They knew where silk came from, they knew what direction it was in in in broad terms they knew how to get there due to Marco Polo. They were all trying to get to the richest country in the world of the last 1800/2200 years. The gold at the end of the rainbow was spice, textiles, silk, porcelain etc. </p><p></p><p> Exploring for the sake of exploring mostly came later.</p><p></p><p> Morally you would probably have to have some form of oppressive society on a generation ship. We might have to start making decisions like that in the next 50 odd years, for example shooting refugees at the border or let them in and ultimately create more problems or doom more people long term. In extreme survival situations being able to do what you want doesn't work. </p><p></p><p> Morally wrong right now, sure. Morally wrong in 50-100 years who knows. I'm a cynic I bet on violence, its the human thing to do and we're really good at it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zardnaar, post: 7563410, member: 6716779"] Age of exploration was because the ye olde traditional benefits of trade with Asia via the silk road were lost with the collapse of the Byzantines. Columbus was trying to get to Asia, the Portugese went around Africa to get to Asia. Constantinople fell in 1453, within 100 years European ships were preying on Muslim shipping in the Indian Ocean. They knew where silk came from, they knew what direction it was in in in broad terms they knew how to get there due to Marco Polo. They were all trying to get to the richest country in the world of the last 1800/2200 years. The gold at the end of the rainbow was spice, textiles, silk, porcelain etc. Exploring for the sake of exploring mostly came later. Morally you would probably have to have some form of oppressive society on a generation ship. We might have to start making decisions like that in the next 50 odd years, for example shooting refugees at the border or let them in and ultimately create more problems or doom more people long term. In extreme survival situations being able to do what you want doesn't work. Morally wrong right now, sure. Morally wrong in 50-100 years who knows. I'm a cynic I bet on violence, its the human thing to do and we're really good at it. [/QUOTE]
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