Jeff Bezos is like a lot of the whiz kid, bang up tech boyz, plenty of smarts, too much money and a penchant for imagining a sci-fi world in their own lifetime. There are plenty of folks who applaud the new Rockefellers, but I\u2019m not one of them. I want them to go away. The moon is a good start, but Mars is even better. Hopefully they\u2019re dreaming even bigger. Leave the solar system, guyz, and be quick about it.<\/p>\n
Bezos answered a few questions in Amazon\u2019s stockholder meeting last week, some folks particularly disturbed by the colossal carbon footprint envisioned by same day deliveries, drone technology, and packages containing a toothbrush cushioned by plastic airbags in cardboard boxes that are 100 times larger than the brush delivered by fleets of self-driving trucks and drones. Bezos really didn\u2019t address those concerns, just sees a future so bright we\u2019ll all wear radiation shield sunglasses in our cyclindrical cities orbiting throughout the galaxy, little self-contained communities drifting along in their bubble like boats on a river beneath tangerine skies. You bet. <\/p>\n
The trouble is, these self-made bazillionaires have the wherewithal to manifest their vision. And the capability of making this particular planet which I\u2019m kind of fond of, a living hell. If you\u2019re rich enough, you too might board the next city leaving earth\u2019s gravity. Not sure what jobs you\u2019ll have, but hopefully money is as unnecessary as the filthy air and polluted water you\u2019re leaving behind. Utopian dreams by the tech wizards! Oh boy! <\/p>\n
Not to sound too Earth chauvinistic, but I like the place. I\u2019d like to take care of it for awhile longer, not just assume folks who feel the need to monetize every profit-making aspect of it have the right to muck it up to the point they\u2019ll want to move on to some new colony to exploit when the resources are sucked dry and the the sky rains poison. I\u2019d prefer to get my Amazon delivery a little later if that would would help. But if Bezos isn\u2019t willing to listen, even to his shareholders, I might have to vote for folks who would make Amazon pay taxes, who would think twice about their packaging, who would hold Bezos\u2019 feet to the fire of global warming. Short of that, hurry up, Jeff and build those rockets. Hopefully you\u2019ll be a passenger on the first plane to leave.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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