Recent content by Belen

The entire logic of the statement was poor. The government wastes way more than 25 billion of dollars per year on projects that provide a zero or even negative return on investment. The reality is that the “solve problems on Earth” crowd want that money because space is not important to them...

I do not disagree. I fundamentally disagree with the “we should solve our problems on Earth first” crowd. They will never have enough money to satisfy them.

It is streaming. We'll get 6-8 episodes that look great but may be of questionable writing quality every 3-5 years.

The government has actively suppressed access to space and stifled innovation for many decades. It was a playground for a few government elite. I agree with you that we should open it up as much as possible and see what takes off and focus spending on supporting innovation. If it was me in...

I've already said it. No amount of spending will ever solve Earth's problems when we are dealing with scarcity. Corruption and graft corrupt any organization in order to siphon resources. In fact, there are those who will actively work to avoid solving problems to keep the gravy train moving. I...

I avoided saying this because most of the “solve the problems on Earth” crowd magically forget about all the corruption and graft that prevent the money we are spending from working. The solution is always to spend more and never to fix the graft and corruption.

Wait, you think social spending made that happen? War, largely caused desire for resources, pushed a chunk of our technological process. Women, in western countries, have seen improvements because they do not suffer as much from scarcity. It is precisely because spending focused on frontier...

There is a Mass Effect 5e too that is run by the Star Wars 5e group.

I have heard the tired argument that we can use that money to fix things on Earth for my entire life. The western economies have massively spent more money. Things have gotten worse. We absolutely should spent money on manned space flight. There are enormous resources in space and the key to...

A lot of us started when 3e and forums were young. My guess is that younger folks moved to modern social media slop.

Same. D&D is just a hair older. It’s a bit sad. I was in my early 20s when I started posting on Eric Noah’s site.

Closer to a Xelennial, actually.

Yes! It is maddening and often used to support biased interpretations.

I always take prospective players out for lunch. I talk about my style, the game, and just talk to them about what they like in a game. If I get a bad vibe, then I do not invite them. It has never failed.

The hardcore Christians I grew up around would never have touched D&D. I learned about D&D from this Christian kid who presented an 8th grade English paper about how it was evil, I had to try it. I grew up near Camp Lejeune so I gamed with a lot of Marines when I was younger and always have at...